Gem Complicity--Human rights groups allege bank complicity in illegal Zimbabwe diamond sales

摘要

INTERNATIONAL banking groups, including South Africa's Standard Bank, had been linked to the illegal sale of diamonds from Zimbabwe's Marange fields, human rights groups claimed last week. Speaking at a press conference in Johannesburg, Partnership Africa Canada research director Alan Martin said that the organisation had received a document purporting to be an offering of Marange diamonds to the value of $200-million.