The Illegal Trade in Chemicals

The DIAN are temporarily storing the mercury in a secure and ventilated storage room where only mercury is stored, until a decision is made about a further transfer and/or the final fate of the mercury.

US $9,800) were offered in a call to the police station, but the police ignored this attempt at bribery. 19 At current prices, the mercury would be worth several times that amount in the gold fields.

Eight flasks of seized mercury, 6 of them still in outer packaging

The Illegal Trade in Chemicals

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