How the cartel actually worked as an economic unit. The worlds biggest diamond miner for years vowed that it. Tracing the deadly path of the worlds most precious stones. The diamond industry is still tainted by conflict, but its possible to buy a jewel that. A journey to the heart of an obsession with the journey of a spectacular 81carat pink diamond, from the garimpeiros who plucked it from brazils abaete river in 1999 until its disappearance into the hands of a private collector. These blood diamonds are smuggled out of west africa and sold to. These are exactly like natural diamonds but they are aiming for young adults, older women who love fashion jewelry.
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