Europe EditionGuyana to Crack Down on Gold Smuggled in From Venezuela at the Urging of the US Government
- Guyana has committed to combating gold smuggling from Venezuela due to U.S. government pressure, as stated by President Irfaan Ali.
- Local officials suspect Venezuelan-sanctioned gold is being mixed with Guyanese gold for illegal sales.
- The U.S. Embassy in Guyana has suspended the visas of several miners suspected of smuggling gold.
- U.S. Ambassador Nicole Theriot praised the cooperation between the two countries on border security.
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Guyana to crack down on gold smuggled in from Venezuela at the urging of the US government
Guyana has pledged to crack down on gold smuggled across the border from neighboring Venezuela at the urging of the U.S. government.
Govt to inject “enormous resources” to crack down on gold smuggled from Venezuela – Pres Ali
– as US warns of threat from the illicit activity President Dr Irfaan Ali on Friday night committed to putting the necessary measures in place to curb Venezuelan gold from being smuggled into Guyana. This comes as Guyana received an advisory from the United States earlier on Friday about the threat that this illicit activity poses by funding the Nicolás Maduro regime. President Irfaan Ali speaking at Friday’s reception to celebrate the United St…
29-06-25.-The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela, Yván Gil, has rejected "absolutely firm" statements by the president of Guyana, Irfaan Ali, about the alleged involvement of the Venezuelan government in illegal gold smuggling activities and responded to these accusations alleging that Guya...
On Saturday, June 28, the government of Venezuela assured that the president of Guyana, Irfaan Ali, is the "true" head of the "mafia" of the "illegal" extraction of gold, after the Guyanese president reported that he took measures to block the smuggling of this metal from the country, EFE reports. Through [...] The entry Venezuela accuses the president of Guyana of being the "true chief" of the illegal extraction of gold was first published in I…
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