https://e.vnexpress.net/news/trend/two-passengers-from-dubai-arrested-in-india-for-gold-smuggling-attempt-4696472.html
From 2019:
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/nation/gold-paste-a-new-way-to-smuggle-788921
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (Reuters) – U.S. government officials repeatedly warned Exxon Mobil to avoid doing business with two mining magnates in Guyana, who face a U.S. investigation on suspicions of money laundering, drug trafficking and gold smuggling, according to five people with knowledge of the...
From the link:
Just after 9 p.m. on Jan. 24, 2020, two American businessmen walked toward a customs desk inside the airport in Manaus, Brazil, a bustling city on the edge of the Amazon rainforest.
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