A recently published investigative report by Peruvian investigative news site OjoPúblico paints a disturbingly more complicated picture. Reporters traced some of the dirtiest gold — illegally extracted, mercury processed gold from the Amazon — to large American and European companies — including two certified by the Responsible Jewelry Council, a controversial, industry-exclusive gold and diamonds certification system.
Reporters from OjoPúblico (or “Public Eye”) travelled to four South American countries, where they analyzed court reports of illegal gold trafficking and gold export statistics. They found that “the major financiers of the gold fever” are a handful of corporations from the US, Switzerland, Italy and the United Arab Emirates.
http://www.earthworksaction.org/earthblog/detail/the_jewelry_industrys_role_in_illegal_amazon_destruction#.VZKLMb7n-po
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