INTERPOL supported the first operation coordinated by the Amazon International Police Cooperation Centre (CCPI Amazônia) in Brazil against illegal gold mining in the Amazon Basin.

In a significant blow to criminal organizations, law enforcement disabled 277 dredges used in illegal gold extraction along the Madeira River, worth an estimated USD 6.8 million.

When factoring in equipment losses, recent gold extraction, environmental and social damages, as well as disrupted profits, the total economic impact on criminal organizations is estimated at approximately USD 193 million.

Importantly, the operation provided authorities with valuable intelligence to identify and dismantle the financial and logistical networks behind illegal mining. This is crucial to disrupting the criminal organizati

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