Illicit trafficking of diamonds: New frontiers

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1478/AAPP.101S1A3

Keywords:

Diamonds, Money laundering, Terrorism funding, illicit trafficking, environmental crimes

Abstract

As it is often said, diamonds are forever. Lives, however, are not. At the hands of rebels, dictators, and terrorists, diamonds have crystallized into a source of financing for conflict and civil wars, which not only caused the deaths of more than two million people, but also mutilations and atrocious suffering for the sake of “conflict” diamonds. By briefly describing the attempts made by the international communities and governments to fight against the illicit trafficking of diamonds, this article wants to summarize the issue of “conflict” diamonds, discuss the role of the Kimberley Process, and summarize the vulnerability of this complex issue.

Author Biography

  • Sebastiano Ettore Spoto, Università degli Studi di Messina
    Dipartimento di Scienze Matematiche e Informatiche, Scienze Fisiche e Scienze della Terra, Viale Ferdinando Stagno d’alcontres, 31, 98166 Messina

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Published

2023-09-12

Issue

Vol 101, SUPPL NO 1 (2023): Advances and Applications in Geoforensics: Unraveling Crimes with Geology

Section

Advances and Applications in Geoforensics: Unraveling Crimes with Geology (Conference Proceedings)

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