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    1. Why do these countries send their gold to UAE who then sends it to Switzerland, instead of sending to Switzerland directly? Why not cut the middleman?

    2. 365BlobbyGirl on

      Reclusive mountain dwelling people, intensely militaristic in defence of their homes yet never get involved in wars amongst the lowlanders,  famously wealthy, world famous craftsmen and have a convoluted political system mostly based on each local town. The Swiss are just fantasy dwarfs plonked down in the Alps.

    3. A lot of gold is illegally mined in the CAR (Congo) and made into jewelry or mixed with legal gold so it is laundered and shipped to Switzerland to be stamped and approved

    4. ClintEastwont on

      …and then they send the gold back to those African countries.  Right?

    5. Match-Immediate on

      I used to know a guy in Rwanda who bought gold from the DRC, melted it into gold bars and then traveled with it to the UAE each week. The traceability was pretty much zero, which is how end users ultimately want it to be. It was very sad to see. 

    6. Drunken_Dave on

      „Here’s where Swiss gold comes from“ says the title, however the map contain scarce information about that, seeing that the vast majority of it comes from „others“. The map is actually a bit more informative about UAE gold

    7. bringinsexyback1 on

      Just found that 90% of natural diamonds are handled in India. That involves processing like cutting and polishing!

    8. GhostofRobesonLXXI on

      Before long the Sahel states where the gold actually originates will establish their own refineries and cut off the bloodsucking UAE and Swiss.

      This is exactly these states are actively fighting to be free of the colonial system that robs them of their wealth and everyone should support them.

    9. TheMemeConnoisseur20 on

      Some things never change. West African gold has been flowing to the Arab peninsula since the medieval era.

    10. mischling2543 on

      Why are Canada and the US sending our gold ore overseas? Why aren’t we refining it ourselves?

    11. MrDankSauce6969 on

      Also Rawanda facilitates on behalf of the UAE transporting weapons to rebel groups in the Maghreb region. Just look how much their gold reserves have increased the last few years.

    12. Technetium_97 on

      You haven’t said where Swiss gold comes from.

      There are no numbers on this graph at all, and then the graph just lumps 80% of the Swiss sources as „Others“.

      An impressively bad map.

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