Colombia produces the world's most expensive emeralds — a treasure that's been fought over for centuries.

Both Colombian officials and industry experts are also working to stem the image that Colombia’s emerald market is impossible to enter and controlled by mafia-like groups.

Colombia’s emerald industry has had trouble cutting links with organized crime and violence. Decades after the “green wars” over control of the mines in eastern Colombia, the United States said ...

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A strongman who kept order in Colombia’s wild emerald industry, Victor Carranza lived through two assassination attempts and lots of violence. Toby Muse on the kingpin’s crazy life.

COSCUEZ, Colombia - Deep inside the lush and remote mountainous ranges of Colombia’s Boyacá region, the women disappear into dark tunnels, wreathed in shades of red and brown, sifting through ...

Fura Gems FURA:CA, a firm listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, is another major emerald sector player, and in November 2018 completed its initial core ...

MUZO, Colombia — Although he has helped transform Colombia's emerald industry, long a source of violence and environmental damage, former U.S. diplomat Charles Burgess admits that he got into the ...

NPR ventures into a Colombian emerald mine — which used to be more dangerous, with potential explosions inside and gunfights outside. The CEO, a former U.S. diplomat, says he wanted to change that.