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-I got a phone call. He told me that I want to introduce you to somebody very important.The Lebanese smuggler's ploting paid off. -Then Benjamin Y* introduced me to Issa. War criminal Issa Sesay controlled the diamond mines in Sierra Leone. He also r

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It is biting me he said, I want it, in no matter which way I want it. It is my love; it is my love. If some days pass, I don't see any of diamonds, I just try to look at pictures of rough diamonds. If today you tell me there is no diamond(s) on Earth

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To avoid UN sanctions, arest and heavy fines, he shifted the stones on the false documents. Carrier was right with cash in the bank at Antwerp and went back with rough diamonds hidden in their body cavities. Together they tracks the orgins of r* stor

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