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Apr 27, 2022 9 tweets 5 min read
Investors in @BarrickGold have a huge opportunity to press the multinational gold mining giant at next week’s AGM to face up to #HumanRights abuses by police at its North Mara gold mine in #Tanzania. Here are some problems we found in its latest #ESG Sustainability Report 🧐🧵 Barrick states it “cannot be accountable for the actions of a national police force”, yet it has an undisclosed agreement between the Tanzanian mine & police to pay, equip and accommodate police guarding the mine, integrating them within its security structure.
May 12, 2021 11 tweets 12 min read
Eight years ago, Kofi Annan’s Africa Progress Panel revealed that #DRC had lost $1.3 billion in deals struck with #DanGertler. Since then that figure has only grown. It will reach $3.71 billion if nothing is done.

Want to know more about Gertler's deals? Read this #thread. Businessman #DanGertler has been making opaque and questionable mining deals in #DRC for over 20 years, benefitting from a close relationship with #Congo's former president Joseph Kabila. See video from our friends @TheSentry_Org. #corruption

Nov 5, 2020 10 tweets 8 min read
Un juge américain a condamné aujourd’hui une filiale du fonds spéculatif Och-Ziff pour #corruption en #RDC.

Les documents du procès en disent long sur les responsables, #DanGertler en tête, bien que non mis en examen.

Ce FIL révèle le contenu des documents du procès : (1/10) La société canadienne Africo, propriétaire de la mine de #cuivre et de #cobalt de Kalukundi au #Congo a été victime de #corruption. (2/10)
Nov 4, 2020 10 tweets 9 min read
A US judge today sentenced a subsidiary of New York hedge fund Och-Ziff for #corruption in #DRC.

Court documents reveal a lot about who was responsible. Though not charged, businessman #DanGertler features prominently.

This THREAD reveals what the court documents say: (1/10) Canadian company Africo, the owners of the Kalukundi #copper and #cobalt mine in #Congo were the victims of #corruption. (2/10)