New video loaded: How Drug Cartel Gold Ends Up at the U.S. Mint
The United States Mint is required by law to sell only legal domestic gold. Instead, it is the final link in the chain laundering foreign gold for an insatiable market. Our reporter Justin Scheck traced one such supply chain, from an illegal mine in Colombia to a Mint facility in West Point, New York.
Written by Justin Scheck, Rebecca Suner, James Surdam, Lauren Pruitt, and Federico Rios
April 26, 2026
