The precious, sparkling stone forged in the heat of the Earth has long been a symbol of love. But how many people who buy them at great price and sport them on fingers and necks realize that there is a dark side to diamonds? That in some parts of the world diamonds are wrestled from the ground in dangerous conditions by some of the world’s poorest people? That the tiny size and relative anonymity of diamonds can make them the ideal means to fund war, terrorism, and criminal syndicates?