Après avoir été arrêtés en possession de lingots d' or et de $400,000 in cash and convicted of illegal activities related to the artisanal mining sector, three Chinese citizens were convicted sentenced to seven years in prison by a Congolese court

The defendants are convicted of money laundering, the illegal purchase and possession of mineral substances and other charges by a court judge in Bukavu, capital of the province of South Kivu, in the east of the country. According to Christian Wanduma, a lawyer representing local communities in the trial, “this is an educational process that should normally serve as a wake-up call for all Chinese nationals who think they can leave China, arrive in Kitutu, Kibe, Lugushwa, Lugushwa, Kamituga or Mwenga and behave as if they were in their own room, without even paying hotel fees.” In addition to the prison sentence, the judge ordered them to pay a fine equivalent to 600,000 dollars and permanently banned them from staying in Congo once their sentence had been