Peruvian investigative journalist Manuel Calloquispe risks his life exposing illegal gold mining in the Amazon. He has received death threats and reported hundreds of disappearances linked to cartels controlling the lucrative, environmentally destructive industry.
Peruvian investigative journalist Manuel Calloquispe risks his life exposing illegal gold mining in the Amazon, an industry linked to extortion, human trafficking, environmental destruction, and an estimated 400 disappearances. He faces death threats and violence but continues his work, calling the illegal gold economy larger than the cocaine trade.
Eight people, including officials and gold mining company representatives, have been detained in Zabaykalsky Krai for illegally obtaining gold mining licenses through bribery. Assets worth over 60 million rubles have been seized.
