Where do blood diamonds come from? – Or, how one fourth of rough diamond sales can buy over 4 million Ak-47′s
What is a blood diamond? – A diamond mined in a war zone to finance: An insurgency, an invading army’s effort, or a warlord’s activity.
What stops it? – The Kimberly Process: Pros: 99.8% of rough diamond producing countries have agreed to take measures to ensure they buy and sell clean diamonds.
Cons: The Kimberley Process does not take action when diamond miners are killed, tortured, raped or beaten. Or when kids of forced to mine for diamonds. …
