CONGO’S VICTIMS OF CORRUPTION - EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
On 16 September 2009, the Kingamyambo Musonoi Tailings (KMT) mine in Kolwezi in Democratic Republic of Congo suddenly closed, against the company’s will... The 700 Congolese workers no longer had jobs...
Action against the corruption that led to the mining licence being stripped and the mine’s closure has been taken in the United States; however, to date, the detrimental impact on Congolese-victims of the corruption [...] have not been considered in any investigation or legal action...
This report aims to demonstrate the reasons why [...] the affected communities should be considered overseas victims of corruption. As a step towards this, the focus of this report is on the identification and recognition of such victims and the harm caused to them...
[T]he UK government adopted, in June 2018, the General Principles to compensate overseas victims (including affected States) in bribery, corruption and economic crime cases (the «Compensation Principles»)...
[T]his report contends that one of the SFO’s longest-running corruption investigations, that of the Kazakh multinational mining company, Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation ..., a UK-registered company listed on the London Stock Exchange until 2013, provides an important opportunity to apply the Compensation Principles and ensure that potential Congolese victims are identified as part of the investigation.