John Collard
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Born | John Ambrose Collard 1 January 1913 Whitechapel, London |
Died | 23 July 2002 (Age 89) Rye, Sussex |
Alma mater | Keble College (Oxford) |
John Collard was a British solicitor and former MI5 operative who went on to become an agent of the International Diamond Security Organisation (IDSO).[1]
Related Document
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Document:De Beers to abandon cartel | Article | 30 May 2000 | Dan Atkinson | De Beers hit a high point in profit terms in the boom year 1989-90, but the following decade was to cost its shareholders billions of dollars. The break-up of the Soviet Union brought a flood of illicit diamonds on to the market, as did the civil war in Angola. In abandoning the CSO diamond cartel, Managing Director Gary Ralfe hopes to use De Beers' dominant position to persuade everyone in the industry to spend much more on marketing. |
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