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Do conflict diamonds help local economies?

Updated: 8/19/2019
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Conflict diamonds 'help' the terrorists and criminals who profit from them. In local economies run by terrorists and criminals, you could say that conflict diamonds 'help' those economies, because the diamonds are turned into cash.

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