'Graveyard robbers stole crosses from my mom's and daughter's graves' - BBC Africa
Around 15 million people in developing countries rely on waste-picking, salvaging recyclables like scrap metal—a valuable, reusable resource for industry. However, it also fuels theft. In Morogoro, Tanzania, despite laws against unregulated scrap trading, locals have found metal disappearing from their loved ones' graves.
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