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1,631documented cases
112countries
1981–2025years covered

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Forced Labor2024

Kolwezi, DR Congo, 2024

DR Congo

Amnesty International and Afrewatch documented children as young as seven working in dangerous cobalt mining tunnels near Kolwezi, with the mineral traced through traders to major electronics and battery manufacturers. Accused: Trading depots and mine operators purchasing cobalt from child-labor sites with no oversight.

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Forced Labor2023

Likasi, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo, 2023

DR Congo

Adult miners in artisanal copper-cobalt sites working under armed guard. Wages withheld movement restricted injuries untreated Accused: Armed mining militia connected to supply chain middlemen.

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