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Sudan’s Gum Arabic Trade Fuels Both Sides of War, Undermining Peace

The obscure resin that stabilizes Coca-Cola and M&Ms generates millions for the RSF and SAF militias, creating perverse incentives to prolong the world's worst humanitarian crisis.

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London Court Awards Trafigura $700 Million in Nickel Fraud Case Against Indian Tycoon

Judge ruled Indian businessman Prateek Gupta orchestrated 'fraud on a grand scale,' marking one of the largest awards in commodities litigation and signaling tougher scrutiny of India's trading networks.

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