The current Kimberley Process internal controls in the DRC cannot, and do not prevent contraband or conflict diamonds from being laundered through the DRC’s legitimate diamond stream...The Kimberley Process...should be following up on its own recommendations, pushing the DRC to implement the controls that both the KP and the DRC agreed were essential...The trustworthiness and reputation of the world’s entire diamond industry should not depend on the willingness of NGOs to act as its watchdog...The Kimberley Process should not be driven by NGOs, the media or timid bureaucrats; it should be driven by its central objective: to protect people and an industry that many rely upon for income and development from the all too evident predators.