LITHIUM SMUGGLERS BLEED ZIM

A powerful network of lithium smuggling syndicates has been exposed in Zimbabwe, with producers, freightliners and corrupt border officials implicated in the illicit exportation of one of the world’s most sought after minerals, according to a new report by Veritas. In an analysis, the think tank warned despite blanket bans on the shipment of unprocessed lithium to global markets, the mineral