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This photo taken on October 4, 2015 show heavy earth moving equipment working at a jade mine in Hpakant, Myanmar's Kachin State. Myanmar's secretive jade industry is worth an estimated 31 billion USD, far higher than official accounts, with most profits going to powerful military and ex-junta figures instead of the state coffers, a corruption watchdog said on October 23. AFP PHOTO / Ye Aung THU (Photo credit should read Ye Aung Thu/AFP/Getty Images)

This photo taken on October 4, 2015 show heavy earth moving equipment working at a jade mine in Hpakant, Myanmar's Kachin State. Myanmar's secretive jade industry is worth an estimated 31 billion USD, far higher than official accounts, with most profits going to powerful military and ex-junta figures instead of the state coffers, a corruption watchdog said on October 23. AFP PHOTO / Ye Aung THU        (Photo credit should read Ye Aung Thu/AFP/Getty Images)