The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has sent a formal notice to Apple accusing the tech giant of using “illegally exploited” minerals extracted from the country’s embattled east in its products, lawyers representing the African country said. The Paris-based lawyers for the DRC accused Apple of purchasing minerals smuggled from the DRC into neighbouring Rwanda, where they are laundered and “integrated into the global supply chain”.

 

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