"Illegal Coltan Mining Fuels Colombian Narco-Insurgents"
Wilder Alejandro Sanchez
Situation Report
Geopolitical Monitor
20 June, 2023
Originally published: https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/illegal-coltan-mining-fuels-colombian-narco-insurgents/
Illegal mining is a widespread problem whose negative consequences include pollution, destruction of local ecosystems, and hazardous working conditions, not to mention the crime itself. In Colombia, illegal mining has an even more problematic dimension: coltan (and gold) is mined to finance narco-insurgents.
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