An investigating magistrate has been appointed in Belgium after Democratic Republic of the Congo in December filed criminal complaints accusing Apple subsidiaries of using so-called conflict minerals in their supply chain,

Did Apple knowingly use conflict minerals from the DR Congo? A Belgian investigating judge is now looking into this question.

Belgian investigative magistrate to oversee probe into allegations that Apple sources conflict minerals from the DRC. Read more.

Apple is now the subject of a criminal probe that it knowingly sourced “blood minerals” from the Democratic Republic of Congo for use in its devices. Belgium has begun the probe and appointed a judge to oversee the investigation after Congo filed criminal complaints in France and Belgium last month against subsidiaries of the company,