Conflict or blood diamonds fuel conflict, civil wars and human rights abuses.
They have been responsible for funding recent conflicts in africa, resulting in the death and displacement of millions of people. During these conflicts, profits from the illegal trade in diamonds, worth billions of dollars, were used by warlords and rebels to buy arms. Diamonds have also been used by terrorist groups such as al-Qaeda to finance their activities and to launder money.
As the brutal conflict in Sierra Leone shows, even a small amount of conflict diamonds can wreak enormous havoc in a country. Even now, up to $23 million of conflict diamonds are entering the legitimate diamond trade annually from Cote d-Ivoire in West Africa.
After knowing this reality, would you still buy a diamond?
2007-07-09
12:58:22
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22 answers
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Annie Karina
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