For centuries, diamonds have dazzled humanity—celebrated as symbols of love, power, and luxury. But behind their shimmer ...

Leonardo DiCaprio, as he gave one of the best performances of his career in Martin Scorsese’s crime thriller The Departed, ...

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 ...

The newly-appointed U.S. chair of the international diamond watchdog has called for a review of what constitutes a “blood diamond.” According to the Kimberley Process, launched in 2003 to ...

The accusation against Desaedeleer, who also holds U.S. citizenship, is that he profited from the illicit trade of “blood diamonds” during the civil war that ravaged Sierra Leone between 1991 ...

Diamonds: carbon, transparent, expensive, symbolic of love and commitment — and many of them come dripping with human rights abuses. They also come with a heavy environmental burden, even the ...

Blood Diamond (opening December 8 throughout San Diego), a story about the illegal diamond trade in Africa. Edward Zwick's Blood Diamond. Edward Zwick, a white American filmmaker, has told the ...

Black Americans are dying to have the hottest diamonds around our necks, while other black people are literally dying to supply them. In Africa, “blood diamonds” are intimately related to ...

Beyonce accepts the award for best R&B performance for "Black Parade" at the 63rd annual Grammy Awards on March 14. (Chris Pizzello/Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP) Diamonds, I’m sorry to say, aren ...

Sierra Leone's traffic in diamonds has left a trail of carnage. While they may seem a symbol of happiness, the reality of the gems is far from that. Conflict, or blood diamonds are mined in a war ...