POLA02H3 Chapter 10: Blood-on-the-Stone-Smillie-Ch.-10
24 Feb 2016
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Un expert panel report in 2002 (p. 147) Investigated the illegal exploitation of resources in the congo. Issued report on the activities of companies engaged in the diamond trade and resource extraction. Detailed the pillage of congolese diamonds and other natural resources by rwanda and uganda. Described bribery, asset stripping, tax fraud, sanctions busting, embezzlement, extortion, the use of stock options as kickbacks, and the diversion of state funds by groups that closely resemble criminal organizations . billion worth of congolese state mining assets had been transferred to foreign companies, with no benefit to the state. Estimated that the armee patriotique rwandaise had been earning million a year from comm. These practices had led to and fuelled war, human rights abuse, and the extinction of number of human lives. The first contained the names of 29 companies (most registered in africa, 6 in diamond trading, 3 in antwerp)
