Blood diamond

<p>Blood diamonds (also called conflict diamonds, brown diamonds, hot diamonds, or red diamonds) are <a href="/facts/Diamond/IBUdnd1y">diamonds</a> <a href="/facts/Diamond_mining/IBUdnd1y">mined</a> in a war zone and sold to finance an <a href="/facts/Insurgency/mvmqQYJt">insurgency</a>, an invading army's war efforts, <a href="/facts/Terrorism/DHJGPJ6P">terrorism</a>, or a <a href="/facts/Warlord/Ag4EleFa">warlord</a>'s activity. The term is used to highlight the negative consequences of the diamond trade in certain areas, or to label an individual diamond as having come from such an area. Diamonds mined during the 20th–21st century civil wars in <a href="/facts/Angola/PQrYRHMd">Angola</a>, <a href="/facts/Ivory_Coast/mSSED5Yl">Ivory Coast</a>, <a href="/facts/Sierra_Leone/gWP9YL0v">Sierra Leone</a>, <a href="/facts/Liberia/U99yfl2k">Liberia</a>, <a href="/facts/Guinea/MaBu4ysQ">Guinea</a>, and <a href="/facts/Guinea-Bissau/YqJjM4Ex">Guinea-Bissau</a> have been given the label. The terms <a href="/facts/Conflict_resource/SKDqsokS">conflict resource</a> or <a href="/facts/Conflict_minerals_law/SKDqsokS">conflict minerals</a> refers to analogous situations involving other natural resources. Blood diamonds can also be smuggled by <a href="/facts/Organized_crime/m2eEga1z">organized crime</a> syndicates so that they could be sold on the black market. According to the Kimberley Process, global trade in rough diamonds in 2023 totaled approximately 112 million carats.
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Blood diamond