Gold Smuggling Funds IS-Linked Insurgency in Eastern Congo

• An Islamic State-aligned insurgency in eastern Congo generates revenue from gold production and smuggling.
• The Allied Democratic Forces, an IS-backed group, finances itself through gold exported from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo via Uganda.
• The report was published by The Sentry, a global security think tank.
• The gold smuggling allows the insurgency to fund its own operations.
• The eastern Congo region is the source of the gold used to finance the insurgency.