UN Experts Show Gold Smuggling Networks From Congo to Dubai
- Congo gold seen funding armed groups and criminal networks
- Huge gap between production and export data, group says
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Gold smuggling from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is costing the impoverished country millions of dollars in tax revenue and funding conflict and criminal networks that stretch across Africa and beyond, according to a United Nations Group of Experts report.