... by rulers of a parallel political authority to manage the diamond sector in the wake of the near total decay of formal state institutions' (Reno 1995, cited in Peters 2011,: 40). By conniving with the Britain's, distribution of diamond mining licenses was easily perfected and shared to loyalists ... of the ruling party in the states in 1950s (Reno 2003). These shadow state, however, gain more ground under the dominant under ruling party in Sierra Leone from 1968 to 1992 (Peters 2011). ... million dollars as revenues in diamond sales. He continued privatization projects to 'state a...

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... or Denson and both women took legal action against the Customs Service. A jury awarded Buritica $450,000 last year and Denson's lawsuit against the agency is pending. Customs Commissioner Raymond Kelly said agency policy prohibits the selection of search targets on the basis of race. And while he admitted there may be "a mindset" among some agents that leads to racial discrimination ... ," he said, insisting racial bias "will not be tolerated as a Customs Service practice anywhere." In response to complaints about racial profiling by the agency, Kelly last month appointed an independent ...

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