The Battle for Mineral Resources

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July 24th, 2013

The Battle for Mineral Resources

Throughout Eastern Europe and the CIS countries, governments have squandered natural resources allowing bribery, corruption and theft to deprive the people of the valuable mineral resources that lie beneath the ground. OCCRP looked at one bribery case to understand how this is being done.

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