Tag: coltan

• Thursday, December 23rd 2021 - 20:30 UTC

  Almost 30 tons of illegally extracted coltan taken away from Colombian guerrillas

  

  According to reports published this week, Colombian law enforcement authorities have seized some 30 tons of coltan in the last six months from Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) and National Liberation Army (ELN) dissidents, who, according to the Prosecutor's Office, allegedly exploited indigenous people to extract the mineral.