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10.02.19
JCK: Customs Cracking Down on Imports of Congo Gold, Marange Diamonds
On Sept. 30, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) warned that it will prevent the importation of gold from Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and diamonds from Marange, Zimbabwe, that are believed to have been produced with forced labor.
The move gives CBP the ability to detain Congo gold and Marange diamonds by issuing Withhold Release Orders. Importers will then have to either reexport the detained shipments or submit information to CBP demonstrating that the goods have not been produced with forced labor.
Sasha Lezhnev, deputy director of policy for the Enough Project, notes that, out of 1,500 gold mines in the DRC, only 106 of them have been certified to not use forced labor…
