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Gold the enduring safe investment and symbol of wealth comes at a high price Mined in slavelike conditions it has been linked to everything from funding civil wars in Africa to causing environmental disasters in Latin America The market for gold is enormous with 70 of global production handled by just one country Switzerland The industry has been protected by the Swiss state for more than a century and turning a blind eye here is standard practice Despite attempts at reforms a lack of transparency still remains We travel to Peru Congo Dubai and Switzerland to investigate