Guyana has pledged to crack down on gold smuggled across the border from neighboring Venezuela at the urging of the U.S.

A leaked 2015 U.S. intelligence briefing raised early alarms about Venezuela-to-Guyana gold smuggling routes, and the Stabroek News editorial of May 21, 2021, further exposed the scale of the problem.

Guyana has pledged to crack down on gold smuggled across the border from neighboring Venezuela at the urging of the U.S. government.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Guyana has pledged to crack down on gold smuggled across the border from neighboring Venezuela at the urging of the U.S. government.