The West’s demand for Coltan, used in mobile phones and computers, is funding the killings in Congo. Under the close watch of rebel militias, children as young as ten work the mines hunting for this black gold. ‘Blood Coltan’ exposes the web of powerful interests protecting this blood trade. Meet the powerful warlords who enslave local population and the European businessmen who continue importing Coltan, in defiance of the UN.
The DRC is one of the poorest countries on the planet with one of the highest proportions of millionaires, making fortunes in chaos.
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Is the radiation emanating from mobile phones perhaps far more dangerous than the manufacturers and distributors would have us believe?
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We investigated the shameful secrets of the multinationals who produce our mobile phones.
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