As the Diamonds Spread

As India stands as the fastest growing international diamond industry, it is expected to be chosen by the United Nations to take responsibility of the Kimberley Process. However, these diamonds are passed through the polluted port of Surat, India. Their industry contradicts their selection to take over the Kimberley Process, due to their foul sweatshops and factories. Their fastest growing industry employs over one million people and turns over about $8 billion a year. However, an investigation held by The Observer discovered a dreadful effect: evidence of sale of conflict diamonds from the black market of Liberia (markets banned by the UN).
India's under developed economy has prevented their markets to seperate conflict from legitimate diamonds. Diamond sellers from bazaars faces a downfall in their business as certain processes have prohibited conflict diamonds from being sold. Some sellers claim that they cannot distinguish the origin of the diamonds and "business [here] is done with cash and no questions." India and its undeveloped state is depicted through their cracked pavements, tired workers and hundreds of black-market dealers. They smuggle conflict diamonds into the country in order to make a living, yet unable to realize the consequences which derive from such actions. Human suffering in Africa isn't the only problem which comes from blood diamonds, but these problems spread to other nations such as India. Blood diamonds are not usually a threat to the Indian government, but encourages the foul conditions of human (child as well) labor.