Sanction busters are smuggling 40 tonnes of gold annually out of the Democratic Republic of Congo, a United Nations official has told the BBC.
Dino Mahtani said most of the gold was controlled by rebel groups who use the proceeds to buy arms, writes BBC News Thursday.
Most gold is shipped to Dubai via Uganda, he added.
Between 1995 and 2006, gold was in Uganda’s top three exports from a country that does not produce its own gold.
The UN Security Council has had an arms embargo in place in DR Congo for six years following the peace accord between the government and armed groups.
Mr Mahtani, is this week to present evidence culled from travel documents, phone records and customs certificates to the Security Council, outlining how DR Congo’s gold is traded.
The UN Security Council will have to decide whether to impose further sanctions.
