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LBMA certified Madagascar gold “abuse-free” despite child labor evidence
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Story summary
- LBMA certified Madagascar gold as abuse-free despite evidence of child labor.
- Thousands of children work in illegal Madagascar gold mines, violating international law.
- A New York Times investigation found LBMA repeatedly allowed criminally sourced gold into the market.
- LBMA backdated paperwork to label Madagascar gold clean, bypassing its own rules.
- Madagascar gold has financed armed groups in Sudan and polluters in the Amazon.