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2009-11-02 Africa Subsaharan

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Posted by Fred 2009-11-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Blood diamonds have even showed up in Guyana, plagued with violence, drug, weapons, and human smuggling, and fairly common piracy. The government and Coast Guard are accused of being corrupt and part of the problem, with reports investigated. A stolen cargo ship was recently found floating off Grenada, with three of the four crew were found disemboweled. The focus has been on either drug smuggling or illegal gold mining, but I'm thinking recovery of swallowed gems a more likely scenario, as ritual is improbable.

Source was at http://www.stabroeknews.com
Zimbabwe diamonds being smuggled here -Canada NGO
Posted By Stabroek staff On October 26, 2009
Diamonds from Zimbabwe are being smuggled here, according to a recent report from Partnership Africa Canada (PAC); an Ottawa, Canada-based group fighting for the eradication of blood diamonds around the world.
In a recent report, the international pressure group said that diamonds from Zimbabwes Chiadzwa field are being smuggled as far as Sierra Leone and Guyana. In its report, the group accused the industry watchdog of manufacturing polite fiction to cover up for shortcomings by Zimbabwean authorities. It said that Zimbabwe exhibited a wide variety of serious problems ranging from smuggling and illegal seizure of diamond leases to outright denial of easily verifiable murder and human rights abuse in its diamond fields. In 2009, Zimbabwean industrial diamonds, easily identified by their size and colour, showed up as far afield as Guyana and Sierra Leone,, the agency said in its report titled Other Facets released last week.
It accused the Kimberley Process (KP) of turning a blind eye to the illegal activities taking place in Zimbabwe and other diamond-producing or importing countries. If low-value diamonds like these travel that far and that easily in search of a laundry, it is clear than high value goods have even greater range and speed, the group observed. It said that the KP in particular was not doing anything to stem a thriving illegal diamond market that has emerged in Mozambiques Manica town which is supplied with the precious mineral smuggled out of Zimbabwe by army and government officials.
Guyana is a signatory to the Kimberley Process, a regulatory system backed by the United Nations which seeks to track the international production and movement of diamonds. The Process stipulates that freshly mined diamonds should be sealed in registered containers that certify their country of origin and that diamond exporters do not accept unregistered gems that might profit insurgents or criminals.

Posted by Lumpy Elmoluck5091 2009-11-02 10:44|| 2009-11-02 10:44|| Front Page Top

#2 oops--should be 'reports not investigated'

Posted by Lumpy Elmoluck5091 2009-11-02 10:45|| 2009-11-02 10:45|| Front Page Top

#3 Bob needs to be losing his bloody jewells via grenade amputation, and the sooner the better.

Posted by Besoeker 2009-11-02 13:45|| 2009-11-02 13:45|| Front Page Top

#4 Uh, uh, "JEM" is TRULY OUTRAGEOUS!?

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