However, DeBeers will receive payment for the overinflated value from Brinks

...and their rates will go up for future insurance. Brinks, meanwhile, will file a claim with Zurich Re, who will in turn raise Brinks' rates. Meanwhile, a bunch of thugs dump $50m worth of diamonds on the black market at 20 cents on the dollar and provide downward pressure on an artificial monopoly that costs hundreds of lives a year in the most deprived corner of the world.

I recognize and understand that you want to paint a Mafiya boogeyman all over this thing but the fact of the matter is, we don't know who lifted the diamonds. We do know who lost them. I don't care how many times you've seen EASTERN PROMISES the fact remains that DeBeers deserves all the bad trade they can handle and more and while it sure sucks to be sold into slavery by ex-Spetsnaz thugs (I've read Larssen too) that shit isn't what the article is about.

So the next time you feel like segueing into "eastern European crime syndicates" kindly do it on your own time. And the next time you feel like schooling me on economics, get your powerpoint in order first because I gotta tell ya, man - your arguments are not compelling.

Fuck DeBeers.