Some experts believe that despite a screening system introduced by the Antwerp World Diamond Center, a high percentage of blood diamonds still making it out of conflict zones are coming to Europe via Antwerp and other European diamond centers. "The problem is that conflict diamonds very rarely come directly from the source country," said Annie Dunnebacke from non-governmental organization Global Witness' Conflict Diamond Campaign. "Rough and uncut diamonds can easily be smuggled over porous borders from places like the Ivory Coast and can obtain a Kimberley Process certificate from another country before being shipped to Europe."
Dunnebacke admitted that there is absolutely no doubt that conflict diamonds are on the European market, an assertion backed up by recent police investigations.
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