Verité Human Trafficking Risk Factors in Gold Production
According to the U.S. Department of State 2019 Trafficking in Persons Report, gold is produced with trafficking or trafficking risk in Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, and Senegal. According to the 2018 U.S. Department of Labors List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor, gold is