Despite industry claims, there are few controls to prevent diamond sales from financing violence and abuse around the world.

It is an industry that was supposed to be cleaned up, after the turn-of-the-millennium­ notoriety surrounding so-called blood or conflict ­diamonds—precious stones mined in African war zones ...

"Real diamond gives the feeling that it is ... given the concerns around blood diamonds." However, there's not much solid ...

Blood diamonds, also known as conflict diamonds or dirty diamonds, are stones mined in war zones and sold to finance armed conflicts, human rights violations and illicit activities. To combat ...