Amazon Gold Smuggling Turns to USDT for Payments

TLDR A new report links the illegal Amazon gold trade to USDT payments in Venezuela. Traders now use USDT to settle cross-border gold deals outside traditional banking systems. Researchers found that Venezuela has become a central hub for illicit gold from Brazil and Guyana. Criminal networks control mining zones and transport routes across the Amazon [...]

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