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

The government of Guyana has taken steps to block Venezuelan gold from being smuggled into the country to help finance the ...

Following concerns raised by the United States, Guyana last evening notified that it was putting measures in place to tackle gold being smuggled here from Venezuela to mix with this country’s metal.

Meanwhile, the U.S. Embassy in Guyana has suspended the visas of several miners suspected of smuggling Venezuelan gold overseas. Gold is Guyana’s second most important export after oil ...

Guyana has pledged to crack down on gold smuggled across the border from neighboring Venezuela at the urging of the U.S. government. President Irfaan Ali said late Friday that the government of the ...

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. Posted 2025-06-28T17:44:13+00:00 ...

Meanwhile, the U.S. Embassy in Guyana has suspended the visas of several miners suspected of smuggling Venezuelan gold overseas. Gold is Guyana’s second most important export after oil ...