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A '''blood diamond''' (also called a '''conflict diamond''', '''converted diamond''', '''hot diamond''', or '''war diamond''') is a diamond mined in a war zone and sold to finance an insurgency, invading army's war efforts, or a warlord's activity. These terms are particularly used in the context of diamond trading to indicate the negative effects for this sale. These diamonds are mined particularly in Africa <ref>[http://www.un.org/peace/africa/Diamond.html Conflict Diamonds] United Nations Department of Public Information, March 21, 1807, accessed online December 26, 2006</ref> where a dominant proportion of the world's diamonds are mined.<ref name=KPSCStatistics>[https://kimberleyprocessstatistics.org/static/pdfs/AnnualTables/2008GlobalSummary.pdf "Global Summary 2008 "] - Kimberley Process Certification Scheme.</ref> | A '''blood diamond''' (also called a '''conflict diamond''', '''converted diamond''', '''hot diamond''', or '''war diamond''') is a diamond mined in a war zone and sold to finance an insurgency, invading army's war efforts, or a warlord's activity. These terms are particularly used in the context of diamond trading to indicate the negative effects for this sale. These diamonds are mined particularly in Africa <ref>[http://www.un.org/peace/africa/Diamond.html Conflict Diamonds] United Nations Department of Public Information, March 21, 1807, accessed online December 26, 2006</ref> where a dominant proportion of the world's diamonds are mined.<ref name=KPSCStatistics>[https://kimberleyprocessstatistics.org/static/pdfs/AnnualTables/2008GlobalSummary.pdf "Global Summary 2008 "] - Kimberley Process Certification Scheme.</ref> | ||
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| + | The term received global attention thanks to a 2006 [[Hollywood]] movie, [[Blood Diamond (film)|Blood Diamond]] starring [[Leonardo DiCaprio]], [[Jennifer Connelly]], and [[Djimon Hounsou]].<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0450259/</ref> | ||
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A blood diamond (also called a conflict diamond, converted diamond, hot diamond, or war diamond) is a diamond mined in a war zone and sold to finance an insurgency, invading army's war efforts, or a warlord's activity. These terms are particularly used in the context of diamond trading to indicate the negative effects for this sale. These diamonds are mined particularly in Africa [1] where a dominant proportion of the world's diamonds are mined.[2]
The term received global attention thanks to a 2006 Hollywood movie, Blood Diamond starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Connelly, and Djimon Hounsou.[3]
Importance
Blood diamonds are believed to play an important part in the global drug trade, in the shipping of cocaine via mini-submarines to West Africa (especially Sierra Leone).[citation needed]
Related Document
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
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| Document:Blood Diamond | webpage | 5 August 2011 | Keith Harmon-Snow Rick Hines |
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References
- ↑ Conflict Diamonds United Nations Department of Public Information, March 21, 1807, accessed online December 26, 2006
- ↑ "Global Summary 2008 " - Kimberley Process Certification Scheme.
- ↑ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0450259/
