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The relentless grip of the Amazon's garimpo

Brazilian authorities are cracking down on illegal gold mines, but they keep re-appearing

Munira Rajkotwalla
Garimpo sites cover vast swathes of land inside the Amazon.

Garimpo sites cover vast swathes of land inside the Amazon. | Credits: Teo Tarras via Shutterstock

Five months after Brazilian authorities launched a large-scale crackdown on illegal gold mining along the Amazon's Madeira River, the dredges they had removed mysteriously reappeared. Almost like nothing...

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