{"id":8288,"date":"2015-09-23T09:30:14","date_gmt":"2015-09-23T09:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/distribution\/blog\/2015-09-23\/peruvian-government-cracks-illegal-mining-operations\/"},"modified":"2015-10-13T18:47:42","modified_gmt":"2015-10-13T18:47:42","slug":"peruvian-government-cracks-illegal-mining-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/distribution\/blog\/2015-09-23\/peruvian-government-cracks-illegal-mining-operations\/","title":{"rendered":"Peruvian Government Cracks Down On Illegal Mining Operations"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row full_width=””][vc_column width=”1\/1″][vc_column_text]The Peruvian government has stepped up raids on illegal gold mines in this remote area of the Amazon, in Puerto Maldonado. Police explosives experts are authorized to destroy the mining equipment after confirmation from\u00a0Peru\u2019s\u00a0Mines Ministry that the site is indeed illegal. Impounding the equipment isn\u2019t an option, as most of the sites are deep in the jungle and the legal process is lengthy and costly.\u00a0Photographer: Dado Galdieri\/Bloomberg<\/a><\/em>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”11482″ alignment=”center” border_color=”grey” img_link_large=”yes” img_link_lightbox=”” show_caption=”yes” img_link_target=”_self” el_class=”lightbox”][vc_single_image image=”11486″ alignment=”center” border_color=”grey” img_link_large=”yes” img_link_lightbox=”” show_caption=”yes” img_link_target=”_self” el_class=”lightbox”][vc_single_image image=”11488″ alignment=”center” border_color=”grey” img_link_large=”yes” img_link_lightbox=”” show_caption=”yes” img_link_target=”_self” el_class=”lightbox”][vc_single_image image=”11490″ alignment=”center” border_color=”grey” img_link_large=”yes” img_link_lightbox=”” show_caption=”yes” img_link_target=”_self” el_class=”lightbox”][vc_single_image image=”11492″ alignment=”center” border_color=”grey” img_link_large=”yes” img_link_lightbox=”” show_caption=”yes” img_link_target=”_self” el_class=”lightbox”][vc_single_image image=”11494″ alignment=”center” border_color=”grey” img_link_large=”yes” img_link_lightbox=”” show_caption=”yes” img_link_target=”_self” el_class=”lightbox”][vc_single_image image=”11496″ alignment=”center” border_color=”grey” img_link_large=”yes” img_link_lightbox=”” show_caption=”yes” img_link_target=”_self” el_class=”lightbox”][vc_single_image image=”11498″ alignment=”center” border_color=”grey” img_link_large=”yes” img_link_lightbox=”” show_caption=”yes” img_link_target=”_self” el_class=”lightbox”][vc_single_image image=”11480″ alignment=”center” border_color=”grey” img_link_large=”yes” img_link_lightbox=”” show_caption=”yes” img_link_target=”_self” el_class=”lightbox”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Illegal mining operations in Peru<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1586,"featured_media":11480,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[63,1210,1208,1212,1202,1204,1200,1172,1216,1214,1206],"class_list":["post-8288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photos","tag-dado-galdieri","tag-gold","tag-illegal","tag-mine","tag-miners","tag-mining","tag-peru","tag-photo-essay","tag-photojournalism","tag-police","tag-south-america","product-photos"],"yoast_head":"\nPeruvian Government Cracks Down On Illegal Mining Operations | Bloomberg Media Distribution<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/distribution\/blog\/2015-09-23\/peruvian-government-cracks-illegal-mining-operations\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Peruvian Government Cracks Down On Illegal Mining Operations | Bloomberg Media Distribution\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Illegal mining operations in Peru\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/distribution\/blog\/2015-09-23\/peruvian-government-cracks-illegal-mining-operations\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Bloomberg Media Distribution\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-09-23T09:30:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2015-10-13T18:47:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/media\/sites\/14\/2015\/09\/PERU_ILLEGAL_MINING.6.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2099\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1399\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/distribution\/blog\/2015-09-23\/peruvian-government-cracks-illegal-mining-operations\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/distribution\/blog\/2015-09-23\/peruvian-government-cracks-illegal-mining-operations\/\",\"name\":\"Peruvian Government Cracks Down On Illegal Mining Operations | Bloomberg Media Distribution\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/distribution\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2015-09-23T09:30:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-10-13T18:47:42+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/distribution\/blog\/2015-09-23\/peruvian-government-cracks-illegal-mining-operations\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/distribution\/blog\/2015-09-23\/peruvian-government-cracks-illegal-mining-operations\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/distribution\/blog\/2015-09-23\/peruvian-government-cracks-illegal-mining-operations\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":\"1\",\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/distribution\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":\"2\",\"name\":\"Peruvian Government Cracks Down On Illegal Mining Operations\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/distribution\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/distribution\/\",\"name\":\"Bloomberg Media Distribution\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/distribution\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/distribution\",\"name\":\"Bloomberg Media Distribution\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Peruvian Government Cracks Down On Illegal Mining Operations | Bloomberg Media Distribution","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/distribution\/blog\/2015-09-23\/peruvian-government-cracks-illegal-mining-operations\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Peruvian Government Cracks Down On Illegal Mining Operations | Bloomberg Media Distribution","og_description":"Illegal mining operations in Peru","og_url":"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/distribution\/blog\/2015-09-23\/peruvian-government-cracks-illegal-mining-operations\/","og_site_name":"Bloomberg Media Distribution","article_published_time":"2015-09-23T09:30:14+00:00","article_modified_time":"2015-10-13T18:47:42+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2099,"height":1399,"url":"https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/media\/sites\/14\/2015\/09\/PERU_ILLEGAL_MINING.6.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/distribution\/blog\/2015-09-23\/peruvian-government-cracks-illegal-mining-operations\/","url":"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/distribution\/blog\/2015-09-23\/peruvian-government-cracks-illegal-mining-operations\/","name":"Peruvian Government Cracks Down On Illegal Mining Operations | Bloomberg Media Distribution","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/distribution\/#website"},"datePublished":"2015-09-23T09:30:14+00:00","dateModified":"2015-10-13T18:47:42+00:00","author":{"@id":""},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/distribution\/blog\/2015-09-23\/peruvian-government-cracks-illegal-mining-operations\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/distribution\/blog\/2015-09-23\/peruvian-government-cracks-illegal-mining-operations\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/distribution\/blog\/2015-09-23\/peruvian-government-cracks-illegal-mining-operations\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":"1","name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/distribution\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":"2","name":"Peruvian Government Cracks Down On Illegal Mining Operations"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/distribution\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/distribution\/","name":"Bloomberg Media Distribution","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/distribution\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"","url":"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/distribution","name":"Bloomberg Media Distribution"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/distribution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/distribution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/distribution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/distribution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1586"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/distribution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/distribution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8288\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/distribution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/distribution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/distribution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/distribution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}