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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Associated Press

Brazil police target group laundering cash from illegal gold

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Brazil’s Federal Police performed eight searches Friday targeting money laundering derived from illegal gold mining in Roraima state, where Indigenous Yanomami people are in a health crisis.

A police statement said the criminal organization targeted in the raids carried out transactions worth 64 million reais ($12 million) over a two-year period.

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