Weak government controls are failing to stop diamonds from fuelling conflict, according to a new report by Global Witness. The report, Making it Work: Why the Kimberley Process Must Do More to Stop Conflict Diamonds, targets the annual meeting of the Kimberley Process Plenary starting today (Nov. 15) in Moscow. The report shows how diamonds from Cote d’Ivoire are being mined in rebel-held areas and are then smuggled through neighbouring countries to international markets; Liberian diamonds, although subject to UN sanctions, are being certified by the Kimberley Process and exported from neighbouring countries; weak regulation of diamond cutting and polishing factories leaves centres vulnerable to the trade in conflict diamonds.