The Diamond Cartel - The Oppenheimer Family of South Africa
The Diamond Empire: DeBeers & Oppenheimer Family’s Cartel – Artificial Scarcity - Nicky Oppenheimer, heir to the DeBeers diamond fortune, sold his 40% of the firm to mining group Anglo American for $5.1 billion in cash in 2012. He owns at least 720 square miles of conservation land across South Africa, Botswana and Zimbabwe.