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Flawless: Inside the Largest Diamond Heist in History
Flawless Inside the Largest Diamond Heist in History Author:Scott Andrew Selby, Greg Campbell On February 15, 2003, a group of thieves broke into an allegedly airtight vault in the international diamond capital of Antwerp, Belgium and made off with over $108 million dollars worth of diamonds and other valuables. They did so without tripping an alarm or injuring a single guard in the process. — Although the crime was perfect, the getaway w... more »as not. The police zeroed in on a band of professional thieves fronted by Leonardo Notarbartolo, a dapper Italian who had rented an office in the Diamond Center and clandestinely cased its vault for over two years. The :who" of the crime had been answered, but the "how" remained largely a mystery.
Enter Scott Andrew Selby, a Harvard Law grad and diamond expert, and Greg Campbell, author of Blood Diamonds, who undertook a global goose chase to uncover the true story behind the daring heist. Tracking the threads of the story throughout Europe - from Belgium to Italy, in seedy cafes and sleek diamond offices - the authors sorted through an array of conflicting details, divergent opinions and incongruous theories to put together the puzzle of what actually happened that Valentine's Day weekend.
This real-life Ocean's Eleven - a combination of diamond history, journalistic reportage, and riveting true-crime story - provides a thrilling in-depth study detailing the better-than-fiction heist of the century.« less