Congolese government lawyers announced that the Democratic Republic of Congo has filed criminal complaints against Apple subsidiaries in France and Belgium. The company is accused of the tech company using conflict minerals in its supply chain

Congo is an important source of tin, tantalum, and tungsten, so-called 3T minerals used in computers and mobile phones. C Some artisanal mines are managed by armed groups involved in massacres of civilians, mass rapes, looting and other crimes, according to experts. ans-serif"> de l' ONU and human rights groups. En ce qui concerne les plaintes de la RDC, Apple strongly disputes these allegations and claims to have informed its suppliers that they did not should not use the minerals in question from Congo or Rwanda. Les avocats internationaux représentant le Congo soutiennent qu' Apple utilise minerals plundered in Congo and laundered via international supply chains, which they say makes the company complicit in crimes committed in Congo