All that glitters is not gold: The ugly truth about the jewellery industry

"With deeply embedded corruptions, armed conflicts, systematic environmental destruction and pollution, human rights abuses, child labour/forced labour, smuggling and entrenched poverty, the jewellery supply chain has much to hide and the marketing narrative is as much about diverting attention away from these ugly truths, as it is beguiling and exploiting the consumer's innocence about the roots of jewellery through appealing to their vanity."
http://www.christiantoday.com/article/all.that.glitters.is.not.gold.the.ugly.truth.about.the.jewellery.industry/36377.htm