“In order to get that #certificate, the #refiner is supposed to #prove that the #gold that it #sells is a particular #size, a particular #purity, a particular #weight, but also that it’s been #sourced #free from #human #rights #abuses. ‘Our #clients allege that’s just #not #true,’ he says. ‘And that’s #never been true at this #mine.‘“ #tanzania #canada #uk #murder #police #policebrutality #Police_Killing #duediligence
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London gold body faces trial over Tanzania miners’ deaths

Can industry groups be held liable if they certify products as being responsibly sourced when they are not? The gold industry is set to find out.

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Virginia Deputies Charged With Murder After Smothering To Death Mentally Ill Black Man

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