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Search results for "blood diamond" ...
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Brian Ross Investigates: Blood Diamonds
The story investigated the charge that ex-Liberian President Charles Taylor used blood diamonds to pay for weapons in the way against the neighboring nation of Sierra Leone. The story ultimately forced fashion model Naomi Campbell to testify at Taylor's trial for receiving diamonds from Taylor during a visit to Nelson Mandela's home.
Tags: Naomi Campbell; Sierra Leone; blood diamonds; human rights; Nelson Mandela; Liberia
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"Bloody Shame"
Joshua Hammer and Will Bourne go deep into Africa to tell the story of how the Zimbabwean Army has violently taken over diamond fields as a means for illegal cash flow for itself. They go on to explain the failings of the Mugabe dictatorship and how the Kimberley Process has "failed miserably."
Tags: Zimbabwe; Africa; blood diamond; Kimberley Process; Mugabe
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Blood and Volume: Inside New York's Israeli Mafia
“Headed by a cold-blooded killer named Johnny Attias, the Israeli mafia butted heads with the Italian mafia, killed Russian gangsters and pulled off the biggest gold heist in the history of Manhattan’s Diamond District.â€
Tags: Ron Gonen; mob; Ran Ephraim; Honey Tesman;
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The Heartless Stone; a journey through the world of diamonds, deceit and desire
This book is the result of Zoellner's investigation into the diamond industry. It covers the continuing problem of 'blood diamonds' in Africa, the scandal of child labor in polishing factories in India, and the pricing manipulations of De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd.
Tags: diamonds; mining; natural resources; civil war; blood diamonds
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Diamonds and Blood
An ABC News investigation into the Central African diamond trade reveals an industry controlled by violent rebels. The ABC News crew was the first American newsmagazine crew to go into Sierra Leone since the civil war ravaged that country. The crew found a region rife with violence -- "men, women and children were getting their limbs savagely amputated by rebel thugs and these thugs were buying their weapons with the proceeds from diamond sales... So, buyer beware -- that beautiful diamond you are buying for your loved one might very well have caused the death or mutilation of somebody else's loved one in the heart of Africa."
Tags: VIDEOCLIP; TAPE; TRANSCRIPT; Sierra Leone; Central Africa; weapons; rebels; diamonds; violence