Although the passage of the Dodd–Frank Act in the US substantially reduced the market for illegal minerals, and the majority of mines are now under civilian control, militia groups continue to fund themselves from gold mining.
儘管美國“多德 - 弗蘭克法案”的通過大大減少了非法礦產的市場，而且大部分地雷現在都受到民用控制，民兵團體繼續從金礦開採中籌集資金。