US mint buying gold from Columbian drug cartels

logger7

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/world/americas/us-mint-gold-drug-cartel-colombia.html

The United States is increasingly being drawn into the opaque supply chains of illicit mining after an investigation by The New York Times tied some of its gold supply to Colombian criminal networks.

Drawing on interviews, trade records and field reporting, the NYT detailed how illegally mined gold in Colombia — often controlled by armed groups and drug cartels — is laundered through intermediaries and exported with seemingly legitimate paperwork before entering global supply chains.
https://www.mining.com/us-mint-gold-source-tied-to-criminal-networks-in-colombia-nyt/

johnny9434

I read that somewhere else in the last few days. An interesting read for sure

logger7

And apparently Canada is buying from these sources too: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/world/americas/royal-canadian-mint-gold-drug-cartel-colombia.html

johnny9434

There sure are some interesting things going on

carew4me

Kilo's for Kilo's