Diamond Wars | The Shadow World | 4
Jul 06, 2020•25 min•Season 38Ep. 4
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Episode description
It’s the early 1950s and West Africa’s growing number of diamond smugglers is causing headaches for De Beers.
Faced with millions of pounds in losses, the diamond monopoly decides it’s time to get tough with the smugglers.
But while De Beers battles the illicit diamond traders, in the far east of the Soviet Union a new threat is brewing.
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