By analyzing data, Morel uncovered one of the greatest human rights catastrophes in history. He investigated the data further and calculated that during the years 1895–1900 there was a discrepancy of 23.5 million Belgian francs in the stated value of exports of rubber and ivory from the Congo and the value stated on arrival in Antwerp.3 Someone was skimming tens of millions of francs in profit from this system of “absolute slavery,” and it could only be one person—King Leopold II.
