It is an industry that was supposed to be cleaned up, after the turn-of-the-millennium­ notoriety surrounding so-called blood or conflict ­diamonds—precious stones mined in African war zones ...

Jan. 14, 2010 — -- War crimes prosecutors claim that Charles Taylor, former president of Liberia, gave a "blood diamond" to supermodel Naomi Campbell. Taylor is on trial in an international ...

I loved "Blood Diamond," until I didn't. This gripping, sophisticated thriller, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon Hounsou and Jennifer Connelly, is an extraordinary achievement in American cinema ...

Leonardo DiCaprio’s Blood Diamond director, Edward Zwick, reveals a hilarious behind-the-scenes story of catching Leo ...

And while the Sierra Leone Civil War is a brutal and complex conflict, a narrower view — like Dia’s perspective in the RUF — might have helped Blood Diamond’s momentum. As it stands, Blood ...

This past spring, the US Treasury Department blacklisted major Russian state-owned enterprises in connection with the war in Ukraine. One of these was Alrosa, the world’s largest diamond mining ...

When we think of blood diamonds, we usually think of war-torn countries like Sierra Leone and the Democratic Republic of Congo. But they can also be found in countries such as Brazil, which has no ...