Conflict Free Diamonds

Diamonds which are illegally traded to fund conflict. The term was coined in the late 1900s when rebels in some African countries used diamonds to fund movements against legitimate governments. When the problem was at its height, conflict diamonds accounted for only 4% of the worlds supply. Today, they account for considerably less than 1%.

The diamond industry, governments, the United Nations and non-governmental organisations adopted the Kimberly Process Certification System (Nov. 2002) to stem the trade in conflict diamonds. The SoW was put in place to assure only legitimately sourced diamonds are traded. Today over 99% of the worlds diamond supply is certified to be from sources that are free from conflict.