Thought-provoking article about the human cost of attempts to legitimise Congos conflict minerals... By Bianca Consunji Black markets have innocent beneficiaries,” said Toby Whitney, former legislative director of Rep. Jim McDermott, who worked on the law’s conflict minerals provision. “When you break a black market, some of the innocent beneficiaries of the black market will no longer be able to benefit from it. The Central African mineral black market has been one of the largest black markets in the world for decades. It was fueling the war to burn hotter than it would have, otherwise.”
Posted on: Sun, 07 Dec 2014 10:00:00 +0000
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