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FILE - Dredging barges operated by illegal gold miners converge on the Madeira River, a tributary of the Amazon, in Autazes, Amazonas state, Brazil, Nov. 25, 2021. Gold illegally mined in the rainforest mixes into the supply chain with clean gold to become virtually indistinguishable. (AP Photo / Edmar Barros, File)

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Investigation reveals global market for illegal Brazilian gold

JAN. 21, 2022

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An image of an ID card issued by Germany's Federal Archive shows that an 18-year-old named Michael Kast joined the National Socialist German Workers' Party, or NSDAP, on Sept. 1, 1942. The date and place of birth listed on the card matches that of José Antonio Kast's father, who died in 2014. A copy of the ID card, identified with the membership number 9271831, was previously posted on social media by Chilean journalist Mauricio Weibel. (German Federal Archive via AP)

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AP reveals Nazi ID in Germany, rocks Chile’s presidential race

DEC. 17, 2021

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FILE - In this Thursday, Sept 9, 2021, file photo, Pedestrians pass a poster calling for freedom for Colombian businessman and Venezuelan special envoy Alex Saab, in Caracas, Venezuela, Sept. 9, 2021. The U.S. has described Saab as the main conduit for corruption in Venezuela, and Saab was extradited to the U.S. on October to face money laundering charges. AP reporting reveals that Saab has been betraying the Venezuelan government for years in secret meetings with U.S. law enforcement. (AP Photo / Ariana Cubillos, File)

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Sourcing, expertise deliver latest scoop on Venezuela corruption case

NOV. 19, 2021

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Flanked by members of the G9 gang coalition, leader Jimmy Cherizier, aka Barbecue, right, talks to reporters near the perimeter wall that encloses Terminal Varreux, the port owned by the Mevs family, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Oct. 6, 2021. Barbecue, a former policeman, fancies himself a man of the people and an enemy of the elite. (AP Photo / Rodrigo Abd)

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AP explores tense intersection of commerce, gangs, politics in Haiti

NOV. 5, 2021

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Children stand in the courtyard of the Maison La Providence de Dieu orphanage it Ganthier, Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti, Oct. 17, 2021, where a gang abducted 17 missionaries — 12 adults and five children — of U.S.-based Christian Aid Ministries. The 400 Mawozo gang, notorious for brazen kidnappings and killings took the group of 16 U.S. citizens and one Canadian after a visit to the orphanage. (AP Photo / Joseph Odelyn)

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AP team delivers sweeping all-formats coverage of missionaries’ kidnapping in Haiti

OCT. 29, 2021

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A young girl holds her stuffed animal overhead as migrants, many from Haiti, wade across the Rio Grande river from Del Rio, Texas, returning to Ciudad Acuña, Mexico, to avoid deportation, Sept. 20, 2021. The U.S. was flying Haitians camped in the Texas border town back to their homeland and blocking others from crossing the border from Mexico. (AP Photo / Félix Márquez)

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Across formats, across countries: AP dominates coverage of border migrant encampment

OCT. 1, 2021

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In this July 2021 photo provided by the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society., A Chinese-flagged ship fishes for squid at night on the high seas off the west coast of South America July 2021 photo provided by the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. Since 2009 the number of Chinese-flagged vessels in the southern Pacific surged 10-fold to 557 in 2020, according to an intergovernmental group charged with ensuring conservation and sustainable fishing. (Isaac Haslam / Sea Shepherd via AP)

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AP and Univision team up on investigation of China’s distant water fishing fleet

OCT. 1, 2021

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Migrants cross the Acandi River on their journey north near Acandi, Colombia, Sept. 15, 2021. The migrants, most Haitian, were on their way to crossing the perilous Darien Gap from Colombia into Panama. dreaming of eventually reaching the U.S. (AP Photo / Fernando Vergara)

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AP has rare access as Haitian migrants, in bid to reach US, face perilous jungle crossing of Darien Gap

SEPT. 24, 2021

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At left, a Taliban fighter holds a machine gun in front of the main gate leading to the Afghan presidential palace in Kabul, Aug. 16, 2021, one day after the capital fell to the Taliban. At right, people carry a body recovered from the rubble of home in Les Cayes, Haiti, Aug. 15, 2021, one day after a magnitude 7.2 earthquake left some 2,000 people dead. (AP Photo/Joseph Odelyn)

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Dual winners: Resourceful AP teams deliver smart, fast, exclusive coverage in Afghanistan, Haiti

AUG. 20, 2021

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Juan Francisco Sandoval, center, dismissed as Guatemala’s anti-corruption prosecutor, arrives in Las Chinamas, El Salvador, early July 24, 2021, as he fled Guatemala en route to the U.S. AP reporter Sonia Pérez D. accompanied the convoy as the only journalist present.. (AP Photo / Sonia Pérez D.)

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AP exclusive as fired anti-corruption prosecutor flees Guatemala

AUG. 6, 2021

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Agency exclusive video of Ted Cruz in Cancun

FEB. 26, 2021

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AP: Brazilian women seek now-legal abortions in Argentina

JAN. 15, 2021

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