Much of the gold controlled by these groups is smuggled out of Venezuela and laundered in “transit countries” like Colombia, Guyana, and Brazil. A new requirement by the world’s leading gold refinery industry association, the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA), could help shed light on these illicit practices. Opaque supply chains have benefited armed groups who profit from the gold trade in many parts of the world, including Venezuela, Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, to name just a few. A more transparent gold trade is crucial to disrupting the financing and ending the abuses of armed groups in places like Venezuela. Public disclosures of refiners’ gold supply chains could help detect and diminish their illegal supply chains and curtail the horrific abuses that residents have been suffering for far too long.