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

Conflict diamonds under the Kimberley Process ... Sierra Leone—the setting for much of the film Blood Diamond—has improved as well, though the country’s recent Ebola outbreak set back ...

which certifies rough diamond exports, “contributes to the prevention of conflicts fueled by diamonds” and helps the Security Council implement sanctions on the trade in conflict diamonds.

Could the diamond in your engagement ring come ... this stone becomes unsellable.” Blood diamonds, also known as conflict diamonds or dirty diamonds, are stones mined in war zones and sold ...