Lawyers representing the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo claim they have evidence that Apple sources “blood minerals.”
The lawyers making the allegations are representing the government of the DRC directly, and have gathered alleged evidence from whistleblowers in the country that Apple is among several companies that are funding the mining of minerals and their smuggling out through Rwanda, Uganda and Burundi., the lawyers representing the country’s government wrote to Apple to find answers to questions they had about the situation, and about Apple’s supply chain. They apparently did not receive a response.
These lawyers, of Amsterdam & Partners LLP, told the media that people who worked on Apple’s material supply chain verification in the DRC were fired after they flagged the potential of “blood minerals” in the supply chain. It is believed that violence and ruin in the DRC is one of the world’s largest ongoing humanitarian crises, with over 6.9 million people being displaced by conflict.“We found no reasonable basis for concluding that any of the smelters or refiners of 3TG determined to be in our supply chain as of December 31, 2023 directly or indirectly financed or benefited armed groups in the DRC or an adjoining country,” one report read.
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