Russia's conflict diamonds: Who profits most from the ongoing trade?


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Questions are being asked about the origin of the diamonds on sale in Antwerp, Belgium. Photo: dpa

A jeweller wearing gloves carefully drapes diamonds on a bed of velvet in a shop window in Antwerp’s diamond district, a hub for the trade for more than five centuries.

Quietly, discreetly, €37bil (RM173.6bil) changes hands here every year, according to the Antwerp World Diamond Centre.

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