⛏️ Mining & Resource Crime theater

Tracks illegal and conflict mining — artisanal gold (ASGM), conflict minerals (3TG), and unlicensed extraction — that funds armed groups and cartels, drives deforestation and mercury pollution, and launders resource wealth into the licit supply chain. Central to enforcing due-diligence, sanctions, and environmental-crime mandates.

🏹 Threat Actors

🧭 Intelligence disciplines

📚 Priority sources & datasets

📜 Mining & Resource Crime Playbook

1. Collect Sentinel/Planet imagery and MAAP alerts over known ASGM zones and mining concessions to detect new pits, dredges, and deforestation scars.
2. Geolocate and time-stamp illegal sites, cross-referencing the mining cadastre and protected-area boundaries to flag unlicensed activity.
3. Trace gold and mineral supply chains from extraction point through refiners and exporters, mapping conflict-mineral flows against OECD due-diligence tiers.
4. Attribute sites to armed groups and cartels (e.g. CJNG, Clan del Golfo, Wagner) using ACLED incident data, ownership records, and HUMINT reporting.
5. Package geospatial dossiers linking operators, front companies, and sanctioned entities for regulators, refiners, and EITI stakeholders.
6. Trigger sanctions referrals, mercury-trade interdiction, and export-license revocation against implicated refiners and traders.

⚡ AI Skills & Automation

Automate unattended via the cron pipeline (collect → ingest → resolve → enrich → score → alert).

🗃 Data Management

🧩 Advanced Capabilities

🔗 Cross-domain pivots