Actually its a hardcore gold bugs that have been claiming that there was fraud and manipulation in the GOLD & SILVER markets for many, many years........ and their claims have always been rubbished.
Now, BAfin (Germany regulator) had made a claim about manipulation and its clear that the price was being suppressed in many ways. Barclays has been found guilty and fined and there are others to come.
By the way, you may be aware the 119 yr old LONDON SILVER FIX has been axed:
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/0...0DU0IS20140514
It is possible, the same is going to happen to the LONDON GOLD FIX but there is a lot of investigation still underway....