13 years kept under wraps
The story of "blood diamonds" that the British top model Naomi Campbell may have received from ex-Liberian dictator Charles Taylor goes into a new round. A day after the Campbell's statement before the Hague war crimes tribunal before which Taylor is accused of war crimes, are the diamonds in the South African police appeared.
Karin Koller
13 years under lock
A trustee of the Nelson Mandela Children's Foundation, Jeremy Ratcliff has passed the ominous stones on Thursday, the South African police. Ratcliff confirmed in obtaining the three small stones in front of over 13 years ago by Naomi Campbell to have. Campbell wanted to donate the stones of the Children's Foundation. He was suspicious but the stones were so Ratcliff. He had suspected even then that it could have been a so-called blood diamonds. And do not bring to the Nelson Mandela Foundation with a donation in such
disrepute that it had decided to keep the stones easily with you - now a total of 13 years. According to the testimony of the British top model Naomi Campbell at the Hague war crimes tribunal, he then decided to hand over the stones to the police.
Taylor or not?
Campbell had admitted in court on Thursday, 13 years ago after a charity dinner in South Africa to have received three diamonds, from unknown men who knocked on their hotel door at night. Whether the stones, as the prosecution of the tribunal suspects of Liberia's ex-dictator Charles Taylor came, who was then at the dinner also a guest, Campbell could not say definitely.
Allegations before war crimes tribunal
The prosecution in The Hague wants to show Campbell's statement that Charles Taylor has owned diamonds. The diamond is said to have obtained in the course of arms deals by the rebels in Sierra Leone. Taylor is accused of war crimes tribunal to have with weapons in the bloody civil war in its neighboring country of Sierra Leone supported the rebels active. Taylor is accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
