Stolen Real Estate — Like Blood Diamonds — Is Funding Deadly Conflicts

Apr 3, 2022 | Jon Unruh
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The use of conflict resources to finance wars is expanding into new commodities — with much more severe consequences. An example is the successful trafficking in conflict diamonds — colloquially known as blood diamonds — that’s led to the use of other landscape-based resources to finance armed conflict. Conflict timber, oil, minerals and wildlife now also contribute to war financing, with innovation ongoing.