This post was originally published on this site.The Democratic Republic of Congo has ordered an investigation into suspected illegal mining after authorities seized thousands of tons of copper and cobalt in a widening crackdown across the country’s mineral-rich southeast. A commission comprising police, military and mines ministry officials confiscated more than 500 trucks and other vehicles and machinery during operations in Lualaba and Haut-Katanga provinces, the justice ministry said in a statement posted Monday on X. Justice Minister Guillaume Ngefa Atondoko Andali ordered the investigation after the commission uncovered suspected mining fraud, unauthorized exploitation of mineral resources and mineral smuggling....
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