How Drug Cartel Gold Ends Up at the U.S. Mint


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The U.S. Mint is legally required to sell only legal, domestic gold. Instead, it is the last link in a chain that launders foreign gold for an insatiable market. Our reporter Justin Scheck traced one such supply chain: from an illegal mine in Colombia all the way to the Mint’s facilities in West Point, N.Y.

By Justin Scheck, Rebecca Suner, James Surdam, Lauren Pruitt and Federico Rios

April 26, 2026

  • Justin Scheck, Rebecca Suner, James Surdam, Lauren Pruitt and Federico Rios

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