Diamonds
This video constitutes 14 minutes of world exclusive footage of DeBeers executives showing Namibian Prime Minister illegal blood diamonds from Angola.
Britain
58 Aerial of London
59 Union Jack flying
59'20 Namibian Delegation meets DeBeers executives.
00 Group sit down at table.
01'30 Outside of CSO
04'32 Nicky Oppenheimer (CEO) meets Namibian Delegation.
06'62 Executives shoe Namibian PM types of uncut Diamonds at long table. 10'38 DeBeers Executive: "This is Angolan Diamonds that have been mined illegally . By diggers who have no license. This amounts to $14 million and is arriving every week on the market. This is a big threat to the stability of Diamond prices. You can see the quality is good. It's good . That mixture is worth $300 a carat . It's a high quality. Now our problem is that this is coming on the market in such huge quantities. It's threatening the stability of the Diamond market." 11'45 Diamond machine weighing room.
13'25 Polished Diamonds on display.
13'40 Polishing staff.
14'16 DeBeers executive shows PM Diamonds from display case.
16'22 Very large Diamond and photo opportunity.
17'43 DeBeers senior executive discussing the problem of illegal Diamond trade.
FULL SYNOPSIS
58 Aerial of London
59 Union Jack flying
59'20 Namibian Delegation meets DeBeers executives.
00 Group sit down at table.
01'30 Outside of CSO
04'32 Nicky Oppenheimer (CEO) meets Namibian Delegation.
06'62 Executives shoe Namibian PM types of uncut Diamonds at long table. 10'38 DeBeers Executive: "This is Angolan Diamonds that have been mined illegally . By diggers who have no license. This amounts to $14 million and is arriving every week on the market. This is a big threat to the stability of Diamond prices. You can see the quality is good. It's good . That mixture is worth $300 a carat . It's a high quality. Now our problem is that this is coming on the market in such huge quantities. It's threatening the stability of the Diamond market." 11'45 Diamond machine weighing room.
13'25 Polished Diamonds on display.
13'40 Polishing staff.
14'16 DeBeers executive shows PM Diamonds from display case.
16'22 Very large Diamond and photo opportunity.
17'43 DeBeers senior executive discussing the problem of illegal Diamond trade.
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