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To Find Criminals and Child Exploitation in Gold Mines, We Just Had to Look

By Justin Scheck · The New York Times · October 2026

To Find Criminals and Child Exploitation in Gold Mines, We Just Had to Look

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"Layers of people certify that gold is free from rights abuses and criminality. Nobody makes them leave their desks."

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