️🇺🇸🇻🇪 NYT: Hundreds of millions of dollars worth of Venezuelan gold brought to the U.S. in a deal backed by the Trump administration remains intact in warehouses as refiners refuse to handle it over concerns it could be linked to gangs, corruption and environmental destruction.

️🇺🇸🇻🇪 NYT: Hundreds of millions of dollars worth of Venezuelan gold brought to the U.S. in a deal backed by the Trump administration remains intact in warehouses as refiners refuse to handle it over concerns it could be linked to gangs, corruption and environmental destruction.

Some of the gold shipped by trading house Trafigura, which partnered with state-owned miner Minervan, is tied to miners paying protection money to the Terran de Guiana gang, while the White House says the deal helps clean up Venezuela's mining industry.