Flawless: Inside the Largest Diamond Heist in History (50 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
Antwerpsche Diamantkring 1994,
61–63
Cannes Carlton Hotel 1994,
58
dealers fearing,
12–13
De Sousa discovering Antwerp Diamond Center,
135–136
fictional,
84–85
historic,
242–243
as inside jobs,
29
Leonardo Notarbartolo setting in motion,
1–3
London’s Knightsbridge Safe Deposit Centre,
39
,
58
,
242
,
245
Société Générale bank,
58–59
tedious planning,
84–85
Diamond High Council (HRD),
6
,
210
,
248
n6
certificates from,
76
,
267–268
n76
director general,
102
headquarters,
14
Diamond mining
modern,
72–73
origins,
68–69
,
260
n68
“Diamond Office,”
159
Diamond papers,
46
,
125
,
132
,
146
,
225
,
252
n46
Diamond polishing,
66
,
68
,
75
,
215
,
298
n214
Diamond salesmen,
31
.
See also
Diamantaires
paranoia of,
47
reputations of,
48
trust among,
47
“Diamonds by Leonardo,”
217
Diamond scams,
47–48
Diamond Square Mile,
6
closed-circuit television,
6–7
as fortress,
12
precious metals/stones in,
73–74
history/architecture,
13–14
jewelry designers,
73–74
security,
7
Diamond Trading Company (DTC),
70–71
,
261–
262
n69,
265–
266
n71
Diamond transactions,
48–49
,
159
legitimate,
6
trust during,
50–51
alarm expert,
92–93
,
98–99
,
130
arrest of,
207–208
conviction of,
204
description of,
149
final preparations by,
110
fortune of,
234
on infiltration crew,
115–117
loot kept by,
215–216
in prison,
209
questioning,
183
release of,
231
rigging vault door,
106–107
on supply run,
111–112
as suspect,
149
,
201
testing garage doors,
107–108
as tragic coincidences victim,
229
trial of in absentia,
199
visiting Antwerp Diamond Center,
104–105
,
269–270n104
Doppler radar,
93–94
Emeralds,
xiii
,
74
,
126
,
132
,
133
,
174–175
Emrusadiam,
127
European Arrest Warrant (EAW),
208
,
294–
295
n208
Europol,
63
Exclusive Diamonds,
127
Falleti, Antonino,
55
,
157–160
,
166–167
,
222
,
229
alibi of,
187
bail for,
189
,
195
home raided,
181–182
innocence of,
204–205
as Leonardo Notarbartolo friend,
182–183
,
188–189
in police custody,
169–170
prison detainment,
178–179
as prisoner,
189–191
questioning,
174–175
as suspect,
176–177
trial of,
199
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI),
63
,
154
,
249
n29,
256
n63
Fences,
297
n214
jewelry,
35
,
214
unknown,
213
Fiat,
23–24
arrest of,
209
attempted bank robbery,
36–37
casing Antwerp Diamond Center,
37
conviction of,
204
description of,
149
evidence against,
184
fortune of,
234
in hiding,
110–111
as high-profile,
35–36
on infiltration crew,
115–117
loot kept by,
215–216
masking light sensor,
121
police photo,
173
in prison,
209
questioning,
183–184
release of,
231
on supply run,
111–112
as suspect,
149
trial of in absentia,
199
Floordambos forest,
141–145
,
183
,
184
,
186
,
189
,
192
,
201
,
300
n220
Fontanella, Aniello (“Nello”),
35
,
57
,
81
,
85
,
223
keys and,
35
wiretapping,
181
“Forbidden territory,”
72
concierges opening,
82–83
D’Onorio testing,
107–108
Leonardo Notarbartolo reconnaissance,
82–83