DRC: Resource-Rich DRC Losing U.S.$1.3 Billion Every Year in Unpaid Taxes

Sep 6, 2017 | James Anyanzwa, East African
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The Democratic Republic of Congo is losing up to $1.3 billion in revenue each year due to a failure by public bodies, tax agencies and the state mining firm Gécamines to remit levies, and the pillage of revenue in suspicious deals. The DRC tops the list of African countries whose resources are being plundered.