Frank Streek

Untainted by Conflict Frank Streek

The background to this story is the sad history of African blood or conflict diamonds traded for arms notably in Angola. There South Africa supported an anti-Communist rebel leader, Dr Jonas Savimbi, until it was known that he traded in blood diamonds. Unfortunately for him and good for South Africa's diamond industry, in this story, a large cache of diamonds was seized by a South African team motivated by the initiative of a German arms dealer with ties to South Africa.