UK Company Afrimex Broke International Guidelines

UK company Afrimex broke international guidelines by sourcing minerals from a Congolese war zone, says British government.

UK company Afrimex breached the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises by purchasing minerals from a war-torn region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the British government has found.

In a final statement published August 28, 2008, the British government upheld the majority of the allegations contained in the 2007 complaint by Global Witness, a UK-based organisation which campaigns to break the links between the natural resources and armed conflict.