On the Trail of Suriname’s Illicit Gold Proceeds
While gold plays an important role in Suriname’s economy, it has downsides, some of them related to transnational criminal activities, which benefit from relatively porous borders, stretched government resources (related to a lengthy economic crisis) and corruption.
Gold Finger: Venezuela’s gold transactions with Turkey may point to another sign of growing Russian influence
Russian attempts to create a potential alternative global alliance may explain the increasingly strange relationship between Turkey and Venezuela.