Spain to hand over US-Belgian arrested over blood diamonds - Monitor
Spanish police said Desaedeleer, 64, was arrested last week at Malaga airport in southern Spain as he prepared to fly to the United States. Belgium sought Desaedeleer's arrest following a complaint filed in 2011 detailing his alleged crimes in Sierra Leone's eastern Kono district between 1999 and 2001. Civitas Maxima, a Geneva-based organization that gives legal advice to victims of... Tens of thousands of people died during Sierra Leone's civil war from 1991 to 2002, during which fighters forced civilians to mine so-called blood diamonds. Source: www.themonitor.com
