A Diamond Isn't Forever

Leaders of a diamond-smuggling ring stretches from Africa via London to the States. Discovered in 1930, diamonds of Sierra Leone funded the most savage rebel campaigns in modern history. These “diamonds” are smuggled out of West Africa, then sold to legitimate diamond merchants in London, Antwerp, and New York, often with the complicity of diamond industries internationally. These very diamonds find their way to rings and necklaces of brides and spouses the world over. “Diamonds isn’t Forever” is a gripping tale of how diamond smuggling works, how the rebel war effectively destroyed Sierra Leone and its people, and the policies of the diamond industry - institutionalized in the 1880s by the De Beers and the cartel allowed it to happen. “Diamonds Isn’t Forever” traces the deadly trail of these diamonds, many of which are brought to the world market by fanatical enemies. Repercussions of diamond smuggling are felt far beyond the borders of the poor and war-ridden country of Sierra Leone, and the consequences of overlooking this African tragedy are both shockingly deadly and unquestionably global.