Exceptional cannot be a rule!
Although false KP certificates are rare, industry caution is still recommended: WDC Recently Mark Van Bockstael, Chair, KP Working Group of Diamond Experts & Chairman, WDC Technical Committee said, “Although false KP certificates are rare, industry caution is still recommended!” Several times a year, with uncanny regularity, the international diamond trade receives alerts from the Kimberley Process (KP) about yet another false certificate that has been encountered, and for which it is asked to practice enhanced vigilance. Together with the mostly negative media coverage such news generates, many diamantaires wonder whether the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) is still functional, remaining capable of delivering on the mandate that KP received from the United Nations in 2000, of breaking the link between armed conflict and the diamond trade. How gloomy this all may seem. But the truth is that the KPCS is still very much alive...