With the seeming loss of credibility of the Kimberley Certification Scheme nine years after its coming into being, there is less confidence in the market that diamonds are ‘clean’ but a former head of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) believes Guyana still has strong mechanisms for trading in the gem.
In the past, one of the two NGOs that worked to establish the Kimberley Process – Partnership Africa Canada – reported that diamonds from Venezuela were being mixed with
