Retail Industry
Industry: Email Alert RSS FeedWashington Post reports on diamond smuggling.
Jewelers Circular Keystone, February, 2003
A yearlong European investigation into al Qaeda financing has found evidence that two West African governments hosted the senior terrorist operatives who oversaw a $20 million diamond-buying spree that effectively cornered the market on the region's precious stones, the Washington Post reported on Dec. 29, 2002.
Investigators from several countries concluded that President Charles Taylor of Liberia received a $1 million payment for arranging to harbor the operatives, who were in the region for at least two months after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on New York and the Pentagon, the newspaper reports. The terrorists moved between a protected area in Liberia and the presidential compound in neighboring Burkina Faso, investigators say.
Long accused of...
- 5 Rules for Immediate Annuities
- Death in the Family: 12 Things to Do Now
- Dumbest Things You Do With Your Money
- 6 Online Networking Mistakes to Avoid
- 401(k) Mistakes to Avoid
- 5 Economic Scenarios to Keep You Up at Night
- The Real ‘Best Places to Retire’
- Best Credit Cards for You
- 12 Tough Questions to Ask Your Parents
- The Real ‘Best Colleges’
- Home Buyer Tax Credit: How to Cash In
- Why You Shouldn't Bash Cash
- 8 Phony 'Bargains' and Better Alternatives
- Danger: 3 Debit Card Scams to Avoid
- 6 Myths About Gas Mileage
- 29 Fees We Hate Most
- Quick and Easy Ways to Boost Returns
- Best Stocks to Buy Now
- Lower Your Taxes: 10 Moves to Make Now
- New Jobs: 8 Lessons from Real-Life Career Switchers
- The New Job Market: Who Wins and Who Loses?
- Health Care Reform's Public Option: Everything You Need to Know
- Volunteer Work When Unemployed: Should You Work for Free?
- Whose Recovery Is This?
- Long-Term-Care Insurance: 4 Biggest Risks to Avoid
Most Recent Business Articles
- ParaFin Issuance of Preferred Shares Paid for With Bearer Bonds
- Hollywood Foreign Press Association Retains Sunshine Sachs & Associates as Agency of Record
- Academy Award(R) Winner George Clooney, Academy Award(R) Winner Jeff Bridges, Ewan McGregor and Two-Time Academy Award(R) Winner Kevin Spacey Star in The Men Who Stare At Goats
- Executive MBA Kansas City Program Launched by the Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis
- Media Advisory: Government of Canada Announces Support for Canadian Youth Business Foundation
Most Recent Business Publications
Most Popular Business Articles
- 7 tips for effective listening: productive listening does not occur naturally. It requires hard work and practice - Back To Basics - effective listening is a crucial skill for internal auditors
- The last smoke: medical marijuana. (American Survey)
- Diets Around the World: How the Menu Varies
- Top of the line: some of the world's most well-respected doctors practice in South Florida. A guide to choosing the best physician specialists - Top Doctors in South Florida
- Sayonara, Uddevalla? - production methods of Volvo's Uddevalla plant in Sweden
