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The Williamson Diamond Mine in northern Tanzania is owned by Petra Diamonds, a UK listed multinational company, which claims to produce ‘ethical’ diamonds. For many local residents, it is killings and brutal assaults by security personnel which mark their experiences of the mine.
The Williamson Mine employs a Tanzanian private security contractor, Zenith Security Services Ltd, to guard its site under the mine’s own security staff, as well as local police stationed onsite. The most famous pink diamond was given as a gift to Princess (now Queen) Elizabeth on her wedding to Prince Phillip by mine’s Canadian founder, John Williamson.