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Blood Diamonds, Revised Edition: Tracing the Deadly Path of the World’s Most Precious Stones

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First found out in 1930, the diamonds of Sierra Leone have funded one of the vital savage revolt campaigns in up to date history. These blood diamonds” are smuggled out of West Africa and sold to legitimate diamond merchants in London, Antwerp, and New York, frequently with the complicity of the international diamond industry. In the end, these very diamonds find their way into the rings and necklaces and brides and spouses internationally.

Blood Diamonds is the gripping tale of how diamond smuggling works, how the revolt war has effectively destroyed Sierra Leone and its people, and how the policies of the diamonds industryinstitutionalized in the 1880s by the De Beers cartelhave allowed it to happen. Award-winning journalist Greg Campbell traces the deadly trail of these diamonds, many of which might be brought to the world market by fanatical enemies. These repercussions of diamond smuggling are felt far beyond the borders of the poor and war-ridden country of Sierra Leone, and the consequences of overlooking this African tragedy are both shockingly deadly and definitely global.

In this newly revised and expanded edition, investigative journalist Greg Campbell returns to West Africa ten years later to reveal how in spite of widespread exposure to the corruption and greed of the diamond trade, it continues unabated as the region struggles politically, ecologically, and economically.

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