what are blood diamonds
Play media. Unsustainable diamond mining in Sierra Leone. Blood diamonds (also called conflict diamonds, converted diamonds, hot diamonds, or war diamonds) is a term used for a diamond mined in a war zone and sold to finance an insurgency, an invading army's war efforts, or a warlord 's activity. The origins of the Kimberley Process were dramatized in Ed Zwick 's motion picture Blood Diamond (2006), starring Leonardo Dicaprio and Djimon Hounsou. 2  The film helped to publicize the controversy surrounding conflict diamonds and led to worldwide awareness of the Western African involvement in the diamond trade.