Dirty gold.
Gold, the enduring safe investment and symbol of wealth, comes at a high price. Mined in slave-like conditions, it has been linked to everything from funding civil wars in Africa to causing environmental disasters in Latin America. The market for gold is enormous with 70% of global production handle...
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| Language: | French |
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[San Francisco, California, USA] :
Kanopy Streaming,
2016.
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| Summary: | Gold, the enduring safe investment and symbol of wealth, comes at a high price. Mined in slave-like conditions, it has been linked to everything from funding civil wars in Africa to causing environmental disasters in Latin America. The market for gold is enormous with 70% of global production handled by just one country: Switzerland. The industry has been protected by the Swiss state for more than a century, and turning a blind eye here is standard practice. Despite attempts at reforms, a lack of transparency still remains. We travel to Peru, Congo, Dubai and Switzerland to investigate. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 53 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |