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Earlier this year, 25 Congolese and international civil society organizations wrote a letter to the U.S. secretary of state, calling on the United States government to maintain sanctions against diamond trader Dan Gertler. Since reaching a settlement requiring Gertler to hand over several valuable mines and oil concessions, the Democratic Republic of Congo’s government — […]
Companies owned by Gertler, who has been under US sanctions since 2017 for alleged corruption in Congo, control mining and oil licenses throughout the central African nation as well as lucrative royalty streams from some of the world’s biggest copper and cobalt projects run by Glencore Plc and Eurasian Resources Group Sarl. Gertler has denied all corruption allegations and has never been charged with any wrongdoing.