IntroductionThis report represents weeks of research on a topic that my family has been led to question since we were children. The topic is the circulation around the world of diamonds purchased from mines that used the funds to help create an army that would enslave many parts of Africa. These diamonds, widely known as "blood diamonds", can be found in almost every corner of the world. Nowadays it is difficult to find a diamond that does not have a mixed history. I created this report to investigate the questions: • Are there any alternatives to diamonds out there? • How can you tell if a retailer stocks conflict diamonds? My findings come from a myriad of different sources. I found numerous peer-reviewed articles from Salt Lake Community College databases offered to every student. I also have an uncle who orders diamonds for a product he produces. And there are also many websites that I found that offered a lot of information on my topic. I hope my findings help enlighten others searching for conflict-free diamonds. Results A brief history of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Christopher Mullins offers a history of all the major powers that have had control of the Congo in his article “Gold, Diamonds and Blood: International State-Corporate Crime in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.” Colonized by the Belgians in the late 19th century, explorer Henry Stanley was ordered to create a base that would reclaim the territory under Belgian rule. Africa was rich in untapped resources, such as trees and multiple minerals. This area of ​​Africa was subject to being dominated by whites who sought to extract resources for good money. After World War II, Belgian began to lose p......middle of paper......enceMullins, C.W., & Rothe, D.L. (2008). Gold, Diamonds and Blood: International State-Corporate Crime in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Contemporary Justice Review, 11(2), 81-99. doi:10.1080/10282580802057678 Nyota, S., & Sibanda, F. (2012). Searching for diamonds, wielding new words: a linguistic perspective on the "blood diamonds" of Zimbabwe. Journal of Southern African Studies, 38(1), 129-144. doi:10.1080/03057070.2012.656436 Schlosser, K. (2013). Regimes of ethical value? Landscape, race, and representation in the Canadian diamond industry. Antipode, 45(1), 161-179. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8330.2012.00996.xWinetroub, A. H. (2013). A diamond scheme is lost forever: the deterioration of the tripartite structure of the Kimberley Process and its consequences for the survival of the scheme. Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies, 20(2), 1425-1444. doi:10.2979/indjglolegstu.20.2.1425