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Blood Diamonds: Tracing the Deadly Path of the World's Most Precious Stones

The true story of the events that inspired the feature film Blood Diamonds starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Connelly, in theaters Dec 8th. Blood Diamonds is the gripping tale of how the diamond smuggling works, how the rebel war has effectively destroyed Sierra Leone and its people, and how the policies of the diamond industry

Subject
historypoliticseconomicstrue crimebusiness
Genre
war and militarycrime
Themes
politicssocial issuessocial justicemovies
Setting
antiquityafricaromesierra leone
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 264 pages

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