Disappearing Diamonds

Zimbabwe's Disappearing Diamonds

Once a month, sometimes more, a VIP-configured Airbus jetted into Lanseria International Airport, a small and privately-owned base facility near Johannesburg, South Africa. The plane, an Airbus 319CJ, also stopped at Zimbabwe's Harare airport. It carried important people and was widely believed to ferry some precious--and illicit-cargo: Zimbabwe's conflict diamonds.

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