...consultant Ian Smillie...said artisanal diamond mining was an environment where children were widely involved, one that resulted in environmental degradation, the influx of migrant labour, followed by prostitution and HIV/Aids, as well as family violence...It produced at least 10% of diamonds that made their way to jewellery shops in New York, Paris, London and Tokyo..."At a minimum, diamonds could produce decent incomes for hundreds of thousands of families, rather than unsafe, unhealthy, badly-paid piecework," said Smillie.