The Democratic Republic of Congo filed lawsuits against Apple Inc. in France and Belgium accusing the company of using minerals “pillaged” from the central African nation in its products.Congo’s lawyers have initiated criminal complaints against the US tech giant’s subsidiaries in the two European countries “over the contamination of Apple’s supply chain” with “blood minerals,

The minerals in question are tin, tantalum, and tungsten, a grouping known as 3T. The DRC is famous for its 3T deposits and world powers have long gone there to mine and extract those resources. According to the DRC and its lawyers,

The Democratic Republic of Congo has filed criminal complaints in France and Belgium against subsidiaries of the tech giant Apple, accusing it of using conflict minerals.