Congo Opens Mining Fraud Inquiry After Copper and Cobalt Seizures
The justice minister ordered investigations into suspected mining fraud and mineral smuggling in Lualaba and Haut-Katanga after authorities seized more than 500 trucks and thousands of metric tons of copper and cobalt.
Democratic Republic of Congo's justice minister this week ordered judicial investigations into suspected mining fraud and mineral smuggling in the mineral-rich provinces of Lualaba and Haut-Katanga after authorities seized more than 500 trucks and thousands of metric tons of copper and cobalt, acco…