If your jewellery contains gold, there鈥檚 a chance the precious metal was illegally mined in the Amazon, with devastating consequences for the rainforest and indigenous communities living there.
It may then have been 鈥渓aundered鈥� in the Middle East before being refined in Italy or Belgium 鈥� and all in contravention of regulations designed to prevent so-called conflict minerals from entering supply chains.
Such is the 鈥済old chain鈥� that connects the unlawful artisanal mines of the Brazilian Amazon with the luxury markets of Europe, according to a groundbreaking investigation supported by IPI鈥檚 (IJ4EU) fund.
It also fuels the electronics sector and investment markets, both hungry for gold.
In this episode of , a video-podcast recorded with a live audience, freelance investigative journalists Ludovica Jona Lasinio (Italy) and Quentin Noirfalisse (Belgium) give the backstory to .
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Credits
Hosts:
- Timothy Large, director of independent media programmes at the International Press Institute (IPI)
- Milica Mileti膰, project and events coordinator at IPI
Guests:
- Ludovica Jona Lasinio, freelance investigative journalist
- Quentin Noirfalisse, freelance investigative journalist
Editing and production: Timothy Large
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