Blood Diamonds Blood Diamonds By: By:

Kevork BoyadjianKevork Boyadjian

Danny WardDanny Ward

The StartThe StartThe start of the The start of the these killings and these killings and the illicit the illicit diamonds trade is diamonds trade is when the when the Revolutionary Revolutionary United Front United Front (R.U.F.) crossed (R.U.F.) crossed the Liberian the Liberian border to Sierra border to Sierra Leone Leone

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The RiseThe RiseThe Government The Government of Sierra Leone of Sierra Leone started Operation started Operation Genesis to stop Genesis to stop R.U.F., but they R.U.F., but they could not stop could not stop themthem

During the 1996 During the 1996 election the R.U.F election the R.U.F attacked civiliansattacked civilians

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BloodBlood Diamonds DiamondsIn the late In the late 1990’s the 1990’s the R.U.F started R.U.F started distributing distributing illicit illicit diamonds diamonds from Sierra from Sierra Leone to the Leone to the rest of the rest of the worldworld

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• Campino, Anna F. "CONFLICT Campino, Anna F. "CONFLICT DIAMONDS."DIAMONDS." Sanctions and Sanctions and WarWar. United Nations . United Nations Department of Public Department of Public Information, 21 Mar. 2001. Information, 21 Mar. 2001. Web. 9 Nov. 2009. <Web. 9 Nov. 2009. <http://www.un.org/peace/africa/Diamond.html>.>.

The Growth of Illicit The Growth of Illicit DiamondsDiamonds• The Illicit Diamond trading grew R.U.F into a The Illicit Diamond trading grew R.U.F into a

huge business millions of dollars worth of huge business millions of dollars worth of diamonds was flowing all around the worlddiamonds was flowing all around the world

• Even though this was happening in the time no Even though this was happening in the time no one really cared about what was happeningone really cared about what was happening

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EffectThe people of Sierra Leone were being hurt and tortured for the beauty of the diamonds

“The international diamond industry's trading centers in Europe funded this horror by buying up to $125 million worth of diamonds a year from the RUF”

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Effects (Continued)“Throughout the 1990s, children like Jusu Lahia armed themselves with diamond-purchased AK-47s and, under the nose of the United Nations, helped the rebels sell the gems to terrorists.”

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Differences Between Legal Differences Between Legal and Illicit Diamonds Minesand Illicit Diamonds Mines

Legal Legal

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Illicit Illicit

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The Price for Beauty

The price for these beautiful gems is

20,000 people getting there

hands, ears, legs, and lips cut off . The deaths was speculated to be around 75,000

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NOWWith all of the conflict diamonds roaming around the Earth, people started to put several different embargos on diamonds in Africa. Also they now have a system to identify the origin of the diamond that you purchase so you know its conflict free

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ReferencesReferences

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