scholarly journals International trade in rough diamonds and the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme

2022 ◽  
Vol 152 ◽  
pp. 105786
Author(s):  
Stefan Borsky ◽  
Andrea Maria Leiter
Keyword(s):  
International Trade ◽  
Certification Scheme ◽  
Kimberley Process

Diamond Trafficking

2020 ◽  
pp. 71-88
Author(s):  
Simon Mackenzie
Keyword(s):  
Final Section ◽  
Business Enterprise ◽  
Certification Scheme ◽  
Kimberley Process ◽  
Conflict Diamonds ◽  
And Control ◽  
Ideological Work

This chapter addresses diamond trafficking in four sections: the nature and extent of the harm; the structure of diamond trafficking (considered in terms of source, transit and demand); regulation and control; and finally a discussion about diamond trafficking as illicit business enterprise. The controversy around conflict diamonds is reviewed, along with the routines of mining, trafficking, refining and the marketplace. The changing nature of the international diamond market is noted, and the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme is discussed along with its critics. In the final section, we consider the symbolic nature of diamonds and the ideological work that has gone into creating this symbolism. Reports from brokers and traffickers in the diamond market are referred to in support of the proposition that diamond trafficking is framed by participants as ‘just business’.

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