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  "id": 1855382,
  "title": "GoldBod has plugged gold smuggling leak and crowded in FX – Bokpin",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/goldbod-has-plugged-gold-smuggling-leak-and-crowded-in-fx-bokpin",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-18T23:41:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
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    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/goldbod-has-plugged-gold-smuggling-leak-and-crowded-in-fx-bokpin/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Economist Professor Godfred Alufar Bokpin says the GoldBod initiative has significantly reduced gold smuggling and helped Ghana retain more foreign exchange from the artisanal and small-scale mining sector.",
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      {
        "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
        "title": "GoldBod had ‘design defects’ that could have been avoided – Prof Bokpin",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/goldbod-had-design-defects-that-could-have-been-avoided-prof-bokpin",
        "published": "2026-08-18T23:19:00.000Z"
      }
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}