Over the last several decades, the stigma of “conflict diamonds,” diamonds whose sales directly fund the war efforts of local insurgencies or warlords, has heavily marred the diamond industry’s presence in Africa, where 65% of the industry’s raw product is extracted. In 2002, the United Nations General Assembly, along with various social organizations and the diamond industry, formally announced the creation of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, a series of requirements and requisites installed to help regulate and repress these illicit transactions. Nearly a decade later, the Kimberley Process is still the premier conflict diamond regulation procedure, and its guidelines and processes are strictly adhered to by the Diamond Vault, a Scottsdale wholesale jewelry retailer whose staff is dedicated to providing customers high-quality wholesale diamonds with the conflict-free assurance.