Congo jails three Chinese citizens in illegal mining crackdown

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Dollar currency recovered from Cheng Chang-Fu, Wan Ling-Wu, and Cheng Hai-Yan, all Chinese citizens arrested in possession of gold bars and $400,000 in cash and found guilty of illegal activities linked to the artisanal mining sector, are displayed inside the courtroom in Bukavu, South Kivu Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo January 4, 2025. REUTERS/Crispin Kyalangalilwa/File photo