CANADA’S NEW DIAMOND INDUSTRY PROTECTS ITSELF AGAINST COMMERCIAL CRIME

BY LEAH GERMAIN, IN EDMONTON CANADA'S diamond industry is blossoming into a world leader as the third largest producer of rough diamonds, after Botswana and Russia. But ready profits from valuable natural resources can encourage crime, specifically money laundering. Leah Germain investigates the country's current legislation and precautions taken by the industry to prevent the laundering of assets through the purchase of diamonds. THE ROYAL Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has warned its federal government that a lack of resources and a failure to establish ...


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