The Apple group is accused of using minerals “illegally exploited” in the DRC in its products. For this reason, after the formal notice sent in April against this company, the Congolese State plans to take legal action against it

Lawyers in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) accused Apple on April 25 of buying minerals smuggled from the country's volatile east to neighboring Rwanda to neighboring Rwanda, where they are laundered and “integrated into global supply chains.” Lawyers commissioned by the DRC and based in Paris sent Apple a formal notice, warning the company that it could face legal action if the alleged practice