Abstract
Crime became an inevitable part of the diamond industry and also a part of our postmodern society. The question is what is crime in general, and what is diamond-related crime in particular. In this chapter, the vulnerability of the diamond pipeline to criminality is analysed in each of its phases, from production to retail. There are plenty of possibilities to steal, hide, and transport rough and polished diamonds. An attempt is made here to explain the criminal logic and the attractiveness of diamonds for illicit activities. Cultural explanation of the ‘Western invention’ of crimes, such as smuggling and corruption are followed by detailed discussion of specific criminal cases of diamond-related crimes. Crime is important to increase the value of diamonds.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Notes
- 1.
Itar-Tass, 21 March, 2005.
- 2.
AFF – Advanced Fee Fraud or 4-1-9 frauds, the number of article of the Nigerian penal code, which addresses fraudulent activities.
- 3.
Rapaport News on: http://www.diamond.net/news/NewsItem.aspx?ArticleID=16659.
- 4.
In course of this investigation an Indian diamantair died in one of the police raids in December 2006.
- 5.
Belgische Senaat Handelingen, Thursday, 9 November 2006, on: https://http://www.senate.be.
- 6.
Jewelers Circular Keystone, 9 July, 2001; Daily Times, 15 June, 2002: http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_15-06-2002_pg4_10.
- 7.
De Morgen, 07-09-2002, Gazet van Antwerpen, 09-09-2002.
- 8.
Algemeen Dagblad, 1 March, 2005; Airwise News, 1 March, 2005.
- 9.
Press Release Newswire, October 31, 2004, http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/10/prweb173224.html); Het Niewsblad, 7 November, 2004; De Standaard, 9 November, 2004.
- 10.
Rapaport News, 24 July, 2002, http://www.diamonds.net.
- 11.
Channel 2, Israeli TV, 23 October, 2005; Maariv, 23 October 2005.
- 12.
De Telegraaf, 11 August 2001.
- 13.
Rapaport News, 27 September, 2005, http://www.diamonds.net.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2009 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Siegel, D. (2009). Crime Does Pay! The Industry’s Vulnerability to Criminality. In: The Mazzel Ritual. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-95960-3_8
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-95960-3_8
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, New York, NY
Print ISBN: 978-0-387-95959-7
Online ISBN: 978-0-387-95960-3
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and LawSocial Sciences (R0)