DRC: Mineral smuggling is costing the DRC millions
30.09.2004
Rampant corruption and smuggling in the Democratic Republic Congo (DRC) means the impoverished country loses millions of dollars in revenues from copper and cobalt mining each month. Rather than profiting from its vast mineral wealth, the DRC has been torn apart by years of war - often over its natural resources - and the country remains one of the world's poorest.