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Author |
: Greg Campbell |
Publisher |
: Basic Books |
Total Pages |
: 337 |
Release |
: 2012-04-03 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780465029921 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0465029922 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (21 Downloads) |
Synopsis Blood Diamonds by : Greg Campbell
First discovered in 1930, the diamonds of Sierra Leone have funded one of the most savage rebel campaigns in modern history. These "blood diamonds" are smuggled out of West Africa and sold to legitimate diamond merchants in London, Antwerp, and New York, often with the complicity of the international diamond industry. Eventually, these very diamonds find their way into the rings and necklaces of brides and spouses the world over. Blood Diamonds is the gripping tale of how the diamond smuggling works, how the rebel war has effectively destroyed Sierra Leone and its people, and how the policies of the diamond industry - institutionalized in the 1880s by the De Beers cartel - have allowed it to happen. Award-winning journalist Greg Campbell traces the deadly trail of these diamonds, many of which are brought to the world market by fanatical enemies. These repercussions of diamond smuggling are felt far beyond the borders of the poor and war-ridden country of Sierra Leone, and the consequences of overlooking this African tragedy are both shockingly deadly and unquestionably global. Updated with a new epilogue.
Author |
: Franziska Bieri |
Publisher |
: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. |
Total Pages |
: 230 |
Release |
: 2010 |
ISBN-10 |
: 075467990X |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780754679905 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (0X Downloads) |
Synopsis From Blood Diamonds to the Kimberley Process by : Franziska Bieri
Despite its importance in international affairs, the Kimberley Process remains understudied in academia. Franziska Bieri's book provides the first comprehensive account of the Kimberley Process and is the first to reveal how NGOs have become critical actors in their own right, possessing the ability to directly influence policies, even at the level of international organizations.
Author |
: Ian Smillie |
Publisher |
: Anthem Press |
Total Pages |
: 254 |
Release |
: 2010 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780857289797 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0857289799 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (97 Downloads) |
Synopsis Blood on the Stone by : Ian Smillie
Africa's diamond wars took four million lives. They destroyed the lives of millions more and they crippled the economies of Angola, the Congo, Liberia and Sierra Leone. The biggest UN peacekeeping forces in the world-in Sierra Leone, Liberia, the Congo and C te d'Ivoire―are the legacy of 'conflict' or 'blood diamonds'. 'Blood on the Stone' tells the story of how diamonds came to be so dangerous. It describes the history of the great diamond cartel and how it gradually lost control of the precious mineral, as country after country descended into anarchy and wars fuelled by diamonds. The book describes the diamond pipeline, from war-torn Africa to the glittering showrooms of Paris, London and New York. It describes the campaign that began in 1999 and which eventually forced the industry and more than 50 governments to create a global certification system known as the Kimberley Process, aimed at wringing blood diamonds out of the retail trade. This gripping account concludes with a sobering assessment of the certification system, which soon became hostage to political chicanery, mismanagement and vested interests. Too important to fail, the Kimberley Process has been hailed as a regulatory model for Africa's extractive minerals. Behind the scenes, however, it runs the risk of becoming an ineffectual talk shop, standing aside as criminals re-infest the diamond world.
Author |
: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Trade |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 72 |
Release |
: 2001 |
ISBN-10 |
: PURD:32754070365238 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (38 Downloads) |
Synopsis Conflict Diamonds by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Trade
Author |
: Nigel Davidson |
Publisher |
: ANU Press |
Total Pages |
: 331 |
Release |
: 2016-10-06 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781760460266 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1760460265 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (66 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Lion that Didn't Roar by : Nigel Davidson
In 2017 it will be Australia’s turn to chair the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KP), an international organisation set up to regulate the trade in diamonds. Diamonds are a symbol of love, purchased to celebrate marriage, and it is therefore deeply ironic that the diamond trade has become linked with warfare and human rights violations committed in African producer countries such as Sierra Leone, the Democratic Republic of Congo and, more recently, Zimbabwe and Angola. In their quest for diamonds, or by using diamonds to purchase weapons, armed groups in these countries have engaged in recruiting child soldiers, amputating limbs, and committing rape and murder. In response to the problem, the international community, non-governmental organisations and key industry players such as De Beers combined forces to create the Kimberley Process in 2002. The KP uses an export certificate system to distinguish the legitimate rough diamond trade from so-called ‘blood diamonds’, which are also known as ‘conflict diamonds’. This book considers the extent to which the KP, supported by other agencies at the international and national levels, has been effective in achieving its mandate. In so doing, it presents an original model derived from the domain of regulatory theory, the Dual Networked Pyramid, as a means of describing the operation of the system and suggesting possible improvements that might be made to it.
Author |
: Douglas Farah |
Publisher |
: Crown |
Total Pages |
: 188 |
Release |
: 2004-05-04 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780767918916 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0767918916 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (16 Downloads) |
Synopsis Blood From Stones by : Douglas Farah
In the aftermath of 9/11, President Bush froze all terrorist assets in traditional financial institutions and money channels. But Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups have long followed a diversification strategy that has rendered the crackdown by the U.S. and other governments almost useless. Blood from Stones is the first book to uncover, through on-the-ground reporting, the interlocking web of commodities, underground transfer systems, charities, and sympathetic bankers that support terrorist activities throughout the world. As a foreign correspondent and investigative reporter for The Washington Post, Douglas Farah ventured into the dangerous and uncharted world of terrorist financing—a journey that took him across four continents. The information he gathered was far ahead of what U.S. intelligence agencies knew as they scrambled to understand the 9/11 attacks. In unprecedented detail, Farah traces the movement of money from the traffickers of “blood diamonds” in West Africa to the world diamond exchange in Belgium and homegrown money merchants in Saudi Arabia, Dubai, Karachi, and Lahore who turn cash into commodities and commodities into cash. He probes charities that siphon off money to pay for such essentials as false identification cards and safe passage for operatives. And he reveals how the funding of terrorist activities is integrated into the age-old hawala network, a trust-based system that has operated for generations across Arabia and Southeast Asia. Focusing on this critical aspect of the war on terrorism, Blood from Stones not only shows how terrorists are able to orchestrate complex and expensive attacks but also makes it clear why the war will be so difficult to win.
Author |
: Jon Land |
Publisher |
: Macmillan |
Total Pages |
: 420 |
Release |
: 2003-04-14 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0765341484 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780765341488 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (84 Downloads) |
Synopsis Blood Diamonds by : Jon Land
A novel about an Israeli and a Palestinian who try to prevent an African warlord's terrorist plot against the United States.
Author |
: Caroline B. Cooney |
Publisher |
: Delacorte Press |
Total Pages |
: 240 |
Release |
: 2009-03-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0375891838 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780375891830 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (38 Downloads) |
Synopsis Diamonds in the Shadow by : Caroline B. Cooney
THE FINCH FAMILY did not know that five refugees landed from Africa on the day they went to the airport to welcome the family sponsored by their church. The Finch family only knew about the four refugees they were meeting - Andre, Celestine, Mattu, and Alake - mother, father, teenage son and daughter.Soon Jared realizes that the good guys are not always innocent, and he must make a decision that could change the fate of both families. This story presents many points of view and a fresh perspective on doing the right thing.
Author |
: Saunders, Richard |
Publisher |
: Weaver Press |
Total Pages |
: 238 |
Release |
: 2016-04-18 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781779222886 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1779222882 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (86 Downloads) |
Synopsis Facets of Power by : Saunders, Richard
The diamond fields of Chiadzwa, among the world's largest sources of rough diamonds have been at the centre of struggles for power in Zimbabwe since their discovery in 2006. Against the backdrop of a turbulent political economy, control of Chiadzwa's diamonds was hotly contested. By 2007 a new case of 'blood diamonds' had emerged, in which the country's security forces engaged with informal miners and black market dealers in the exploitation of rough diamonds, violently disrupting local communities and looting a key national resource. The formalisation of diamond mining in 2010 introduced new forms of large-scale theft, displacement and rights abuses. Facets of Power is the first comprehensive account of the emergence, meaning and profound impact of Chiadzwa's diamonds. Drawing on new fieldwork and published sources, the contributors present a graphic and accessibly written narrative of corruption and greed, as well as resistance by those who have suffered at the hands of the mineral's secretive and violent beneficiaries. If the lessons of resistance have been mostly disheartening ones, they also point towards more effective strategies for managing public resources, and mounting democratic challenges to elites whose power is sustained by preying on them.
Author |
: Michael Klare |
Publisher |
: Macmillan |
Total Pages |
: 308 |
Release |
: 2002 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0805055762 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780805055764 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (62 Downloads) |
Synopsis Resource Wars by : Michael Klare
Klare argues that wars in the near future will be fought over the control of dwindling natural resources like oil and water.