CBP Warns of Rough Diamond Scams
CBP issued a fraud warning for rough diamond trade from Sierra Leone, Ghana and Guinea. The agency has come across several scams involving fake Kimberley Process Certificates over the past year, it said. "Fake certificates numbered Sierra Leone 004199, issued…
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April or May 2014, have been presented to prospective diamond purchasers in the past three weeks. "Diamond traders and business community members are also urged to be alert to the circulation of the fake certificate," the agency said. The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme is a certification-of-origin system in which governments from 76 diamond-producing and -processing countries work together with the diamond industry to prevent the trade in conflict diamonds.