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The Office of the United Nations in charge of the certification of “non-blood” diamonds — known as the Kimberley Process — announced last week that Venezuela has been expelled from the treaties between diamond producing nations.The expulsion resulted from Venezuela’s refusal to register and certify an estimated 200,Evan Engram Jersey,000 to 300,000 carats of the mineral.Watchdog groups have claimed that a vast majority of Venezuela’s diamonds are being smuggled to Guyana.There were cases of diamond seizures in Guyana by authorities, where it was suspected that the diamonds came illegally from Venezuela.The uncontrolled exploitation and contraband of diamonds in Venezuela could result in an irrevocable expulsion from the certification process, as authorities on the matter are scheduled to meet this week in New Delhi.“Venezuela has failed to comply, for many years, with the obligations established by the Kimberley Process,” said Annie Dunnebacke,Cheap Jerseys From China Online, spokeswoman for Global Witness,Wholesale China Jerseys, an independent watch group based in London that monitors the global diamond market.She added, “Venezuela must be expelled,Cheap Jerseys Authentic, because, if not, the entire process loses credibility”.Among other factors,Jerseys NFL Wholesale, the Venezuelan Government has not submitted reports concerning the exploitation and certification of diamonds, and “is the only diamond producing country that is part of the KPCS that has not allowed experts to pay a visit for revision,” Dunnebacke said.Venezuela has consistently denied accusations, and according to Global Witness, has offered to allow a visit by international experts some time this year.According to the most recent statistics from KP, Venezuela reported in 2006 a total of 16,980.73 carats at an average price of $69.55 per carat, proportional to the quality of the declared Venezuelan diamonds.Yet, estimates by Partnership Africa Canada, an NGO that denounces blood diamonds, place the quantity at almost 300,Cheap NFL Jerseys China,000 carats each year, or half of the quantity reported by Venezuela in 1994, when some 600,000 carats were produced, according to official figures.Blood diamonds refer to diamonds extracted to finance illegal armed conflicts.The partnership’s most recent report states that smuggling rings operating in Venezuelan territory “are the same, by their own admission, that traffic precious gems from African nations such as Namibia and Angola”.Small-scale miners comprise the bulk of Venezuela’s diamond mining sector, which is based in Bolivar State. However, a report by Partnership Africa Canada (PAC) claimed that “a combination of high taxes,China Jerseys Wholesale, ineffective currency controls, and bureaucratic ineptitude has driven Venezuela’s diamond dealers underground.PAC asserts that diamond dealers allegedly funnel hundreds of thousands of carats annually from Venezuela through Boa Vista in Brazil, to Georgetown, Guyana.