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Mine monitors learn to combat smuggling

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    A three-day training workshop to help mine-monitoring officers combat gem smuggling ended at the US embassy in Freetown on Wednesday, the Sierra Leone News Agency reported. The officers are the country’s first line of defence against smuggling and other illegal practices related to diamond and gold mining activities, according to the Ministry of Mineral Resources. The workshop aimed to improve the officers’ ability to tackle smuggling and upgrade their search and surveillance techniques, SLENA reported. The training, which took place at the US Embassy in Freetown and was facilitated by USAID, forms part of Sierra Leone’s ongoing effort to improve the management of its diamond resources. Control of the diamond areas has been at the heart of the 10-year conflict between the government and the Revolutionary United Front.

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