Canada Says Its Gold Is Traceable and Clean. So We Traced It. | We ended up in a Colombian mine controlled by a drug cartel.

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[The US has this problem too](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/world/americas/us-mint-gold-drug-cartel-colombia.html?unlocked_article_code=1.eFA.5POy.Hq_b9yq6ftPs)