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World’s biggest Covid-19 lockdown chokes Indian gold smuggling routes
coronavirus pandemic has crushed the inflow of gold smuggled into the world’s second-biggest consumer.Illegal shipments of gold to India are estimated to have slowed to a trickle of about 2 tons a month, and may total about 25 tons this year, according to N. Anantha Padmanaban, the chairman of the All India Gem and Jewellery Domestic Council.