In a message to its clients on Wednesday, the Diamond Trading Company (DTC) warns its Sightholders that any purchase of goods from Zimbabwe’s Marange region “will be deemed in contravention of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme,” until they are approved by KP Working Group on Monitoring (WGM).
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