Flawless: Inside the Largest Diamond Heist in History (49 page)
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Authors: SCOTT ANDREW SELBY
Tags: #Fiction, #General, #Murder, #History, #Non-Fiction, #Art, #Business & Economics, #True Crime, #Case studies, #Industries, #Robbery, #Diamond industry and trade, #Antwerp, #Jewelry theft, #Retailing, #Diamond industry and trade - Belgium - Antwerp, #Jewelry theft - Belgium - Antwerp, #Belgium, #Robbery - Belgium - Antwerp
Counterterrorism,
63
Cour d’Assises,
188
Cour de Cassation,
188
Court summonses,
195–197
Crime scene
Boost at,
138
De Bot at,
162–164
De Bruycker at,
138
Leonardo Notarbartolo returning to,
156–158
,
160–162
Oliver at,
136
Peys at,
xiv–xv
,
138
Vidal at,
139–140
Criminals,
13
,
63
.
See also
Burglars
;
School of Turin
Crudo, Adriana,
26–27
,
156–157
,
166–167
,
216–217
alibi of,
187
bail for,
189
innocence of,
204–205
as jewelry store operator,
31
in police custody,
169–170
prison detainment,
178–179
questioning,
174–175
as suspect,
177
trial of,
199
CSO (Central Selling Organization),
70
Currency,
6
,
14
,
63
,
66
,
131
,
184
,
256
n63
Damen, Walter,
199–201
Damoros Preziosi,
6
,
149
,
159
,
172
De Beers Consolidated Mines Limited,
69
antitheft measures,
72–73
defining cultural traditions,
70
hoarding diamonds,
71
,
265
n71
as monopoly,
70–71
,
261–262
n70,
262–263
n70
De Beers Mining Company,
68
at crime scene,
162–164
with search warrant,
179
De Bruycker, Agim,
193
,
204
,
230–231
,
233
as action hero,
64
at crime scene,
138
investigations by,
63–64
with search warrant,
170
television interview,
194
as underappreciated,
64
unwinding with investigators,
162
Delhaize grocery store,
10
,
111
,
133
,
148–149
,
183
Democratic Republic of Congo,
64
De Sousa, Jorge Dias,
42
,
44
,
79
,
220
,
224
,
227
apartment of,
103
,
124
blame put on,
137–138
discovering Antwerp Diamond Center robbery,
135–136
knowing vault combination,
119
De Vlaam, Pieter,
120
De Vos, Paul
duties of,
90–91
home of,
89
as locksmith,
88
,
119
,
128
,
138
police questioning,
140–141
replacing safe deposit box doors,
150
Diabel,
127
alleged conspiracy,
223
consulting,
75
diamond industry and,
71
police assisting,
64–65
on Valentine’s Day,
110
Diamantclub van Antwerpen,
48
,
50–51
Diamond(s),
xiii
.
See also
Black diamonds
;
Blood diamonds
;
Cognacs
;
Conflict diamonds
;
Rough diamonds
in Antwerp,
2
,
6–7
certification,
76–77
,
267
n76
color,
75–76
,
127
,
266
n75,
275n127
confiscated from Leonardo Notarbartolo,
232–233
as currency,
63
,
66
,
256
n63
De Beers Consolidated Mines Limited hoarding,
71
gem-quality,
68
history of,
66–67
as industrial tools,
68
insuring,
52–53
locations,
67
loot,
214–215
recovering,
76–77
stolen cache,
132
transporting,
11–12
,
31
traveling through Antwerp Diamond Center,
2
as untraceable,
66
,
257–258
n66
value of,
11
,
46
,
49
,
69
Diamond Center vault,
4
,
85
.
See also
Alarms
;
Light sensors
;
LIPS vault door
;
Motion detectors
Boost giving tour,
4
combination,
118–119
D’Onorio rigging door,
106–107
doors of,
51
,
86–88
key to,
96–98
Leonardo Notarbartolo as last in,
79
Leonardo Notarbartolo inspecting,
19–20
,
40–41
,
78–79
Leonardo Notarbartolo/key and,
96–98
lights,
95
locking procedure,
43–44
,
78–79
School of Turin entering,
118–119
Diamond cutting,
12
,
66
,
68
,
74–75
Diamond detectives,
179
,
190
,
209
.
See also
De Bruycker, Agim
;
De Bot, Kris
;
Peys, Patrick
facilities,
154
investigation,
146
morale of,
162–163
role of,
63–65
with search warrant,
149–150
working with local police,
163
Diamond heists.
See also
Diamond scams
;
“Heist of the century”
;
Robbery