Vol 48 No 3 | DIAMONDS How crooks still exploit the system 2nd February 2007 Gems from war zones are part of a wider illegal diamond trade Blood diamonds, the fruit of wars, are fashionable both in Hollywood and among documentary film-makers, with productions such as 'Blood Diamond' and 'Blood on the Stone'. This worries...
Vol 45 No 5 | AFRICADIAMONDS Rough diamonds 5th March 2004 A company with a controversial past blazes a new trail across the continent The South African heading the controversial DiamondWorks company, Antonio Carlos Teixeira, better known as 'Tony', is a man in a hurry. He is expanding DiamondWorks' mining operations and...
Vol 43 No 12 | DIAMONDS Blood from stones 14th June 2002 De Beers' diamond empire wants to polish its reputation – and its product De Beers, the company which dominates world diamonds, hopes to maintain both its share of the market and the reputation of its gems. At stake, among other things,...
Vol 41 No 19 | DIAMONDS Dirty laundry 29th September 2000 An arms and diamond trader linked to diamond-laundering in Liberia (AC Vol 41 No 13) has been gaoled in Italy for possession of cocaine.
Vol 41 No 16 | DIAMONDS Masters of war 4th August 2000 The UN's latest probe into the arms-for-gems trade is exposing the political and business networks behind West Africa's wars The sanctions gumshoes are on the trail again. This time, they have Liberian and Burkinabè Presidents Charles Taylor and Blaise Compaoré in their sights. A United Nations' panel...
Vol 41 No 16 | DIAMONDS Tracking Angola's gems 4th August 2000 A scheme to register diamonds and diggers may help to regulate the trade Angola has started registering the first of 300-350,000 garimpeiros, the 'informal' diamond diggers who find stones where the big companies don't look. This is the government's latest move...