environmental and human rights violations have taken place around a number of mining operations. they are now closed or were previously operated by a different company, including violence in papua new guinea and tanzania. forty people were arrested in chile following a demonstration against the potential environmental impacts of a mining project. executives of acacia mining had faced charges of bribery, conspiracy, forgery, money-laundering, tax-evasion and environmental damage. there has also been small groups of opposition in the dominican republic.