Loupe Holes: Illicit Diamonds in the Kimberley Process
Publisher: Parnership Africa Canada and Global Witness
Date: 2008
Topics: Extractive Resources
The illicit trade in rough diamonds is one of the greatest threats facing the Kimberley Process (KP) certification scheme. The KP was created to halt and prevent the trade in conflict diamonds that cost so many lives during the last two decades. At the end of the scheme’s fifth year, the trafficking of conflict and illicit stones is looking more like a dangerous rule than an exception.