Most diamonds mined in Africa are in fact blood diamonds but perhaps its relative to your point of view? The diamonds typically called blood diamonds are the ones controlled and or sold by rebels in various countries in Africa.
Given this broad definition, most any diamond could be called a 'blood diamond'. However, The Kimberly Process gives buyers the sense that a Kimberly Certified Diamond has not been mined by rebel-controlled workers.
Blood diamonds are diamonds found in the earth -- where all diamonds are found -- but are mined under threat of death and dismemberment. Blood diamonds are traded by terrorists and rebel groups to fund mayhem against humans.
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Most of the world's gold comes from mines in China, Australia, Russia, and the United States. On the other hand, the majority of the world's diamonds are sourced from countries such as Russia, Botswana, Canada, and Australia.
Conflict Diamonds are also known as Blood Diamonds because they come from the most controlled and conflicted ares of the world. It is unclear as to what the most famous conflict diamond in history is.
Conflict diamonds are diamonds generally found on the ground or rivers. The problem is that in areas of rebellion or high crime, the bad guys used the money from selling these raw stones to finance their crimes or rebellions. There are estimates indicating that conflict or blood diamonds were never more than 5% of the diamonds in the world. Now they are less than 1%. Why? The Kimberly Process. You can read more about the Kimberly Process, below.
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65 percent of the world's diamonds come from Africa which is where the issue of blood diamonds is the biggest concern. In the past these diamonds could end up anywhere and no one would know any better. Recently there have been checks and balances put in place to stop the majority of blood diamonds from leaving Africa. Africa, Liberia, Angola, and Sierra Leone are places that blood diamonds are traded for arms or used to fund wars and terrorism.
Blood diamonds mainly affect the people of Africa. The diamonds are used to fund wars and terrorism. Millions of deaths are linked to the blood diamonds.
The duration of Blood Diamonds is 1.67 hours.
Terrorism is the main cause of blood diamonds. Blood diamonds are illegally sold to fund terrorism and wars. I have added a link to a complete article about blood diamonds which has more information.
Blood diamonds are diamonds sold to fund wars. The full article is attached as a resource which has more information.
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The United States is not in the business of buying diamonds, blood diamonds, or otherwise.
Yes blood diamonds and conflict diamonds are the same thing. They can also be called converted diamonds, war diamonds or hot diamonds. Hopefully this answered your question.
Blood Diamonds was created on 2006-12-30.