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Article

5 Apr 2003

Author:
Fred Bridgland, The Scotsman

Diamond industry hit by £3bn suit

The maverick lawyer who forced Swiss banks to pay out huge reparations to Holocaust victims yesterday took on the diamond industry, demanding billions of dollars be paid to South African workers "exploited" during the apartheid era.

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Fluor faces $1 billion claim by former South African workers alleging discrimination & repression during apartheid

Apartheid reparations lawsuits (re So. Africa)