Flawless: Inside the Largest Diamond Heist in History (51 page)

Gold,
xiii

coins,
125–126

jewelry,
28
,
125–127

smelting,
213–214
,
297
n214

Gotti, John,
8

Government bonds,
131

Graphite,
66–67

Grote Markt,
14

Grünberger, Marcel,
42–43
,
54
,
150
,
162–163
,
220

as Antwerp Diamond Center owner,
5

knowing vault combination,
119

safe doors and,
91

Gunrunners,
63

Hannibal,
23

Hasselt prison,
206
,
217
,
221

“Heist of the century,”
153
,
194
,
220
,
231

Highland bandits of Central India,
113

Hollywood Reporter,
213

HRD.
See
Diamond High Council (HRD)

IDH Diamonds,
48
,
54–55
,
126

Il pizzo,
25

Internal Revenue Service (IRS),
65

International Criminal Court,
63

Interpol,
63
,
152

Italian gangs,
114

Italian Job, The,
84

Jewelry designers,
8
,
56–57
,
73–74
,
217

Juventus FC,
24
,
27
,
80

Kamiel,
44–45
,
161–163

KBC bank,
149

Kidnapping,
59–60

Kimberlite,
67
,
259
n67

Knightsbridge Safe Deposit Centre diamond heist,
39
,
58
,
242
,
245

Kortleven, Patrick,
204
,
292n199

Kuklinski, Richard (“The Iceman”),
8

Lambeaux, Jef,
14

Lens Building,
17

Liddy, G. Gordon,
78

Light sensors,
xiv
,
5
,
121

defeating,
96

masking,
121
,
138

setting off,
88

workings of,
95

LIPS vault door,
4–5
,
20
,
40
,
43
,
51
,
86
,
91

auto scramble,
120

School of Turin opening,
120–121

Lock pickers,
20
,
43

Lookout,
115–116
,
122

Loot

diamonds,
214–215

D’Onorio keeping,
215–216

estimated value,
212–213
,
247
n2

Finotto keeping,
215–216

Leonardo Notarbartolo keeping,
215–216

as lost,
233

School of Turin dividing,
152–153
,
213

School of Turin sorting,
125–126

victims recovering,
210–212
,
296
n212

Mafia,
22
,
24
,
192

“Magic Moment,”
181

Martens jewelry,
181

Martino, Marco,
93
,
151

patience of,
22

as police Mobile Squadron director,
21
,
25
,
153

Max Diamonds,
36

Mazel und broche,
48

Meeus, Peter,
103
,
110

Milan,
152–153

Mining.
See
Diamond mining

Mob,
24–25
,
32

Money laundering,
63
,
158
,
213

Monte dei Paschi di Siena bank,
92

Motion detectors,
xiv
,
5
,
181

analyzing,
93–95

bypassing,
20

calibrating,
29

filming,
40–41

legal requirements,
52

masking,
92–93
,
96
,
109–110
,
122
,
127
,
138
,
271
n109

setting off,
88

studying,
34–35

technology,
93–95

Muci, Monica,
37
,
205

Napoleon,
23
,
81

Nassour, Aziz,
65

Notarbartolo, Francesco,
155–156

Notarbartolo, Leonardo

Antonino Falleti as friend,
182–183
,
188–189

Antwerp apartment,
9–10

arrogance of,
26–27

badge of,
105

bail for,
195–196

becoming operational,
5–6

booking of,
177–178

Boost stalling,
163–165

casing Antwerp Diamond Center,
1
,
60

as charming,
1–2

confidence of,
8
,
55

conviction of,
204
,
206

counting closed-circuit television cameras,
17–18

in den of thieves,
113–114

diamonds confiscated,
232–233

evidence against,
180
,
185

expertise,
77

filming Antwerp Diamond Center,
39–41
,
95

final preparations by,
110
,
112–113

first crimes,
26–27

as forgettable,
9–10

fortune of,
234

garage door reconnaissance,
82–83

hang-outs,
32

home of,
56–57
,
155–156

on infiltration crew,
115–116

inspecting vaults,
19–20
,
40–41
,
78–79

in isolation,
178

as jewelry designer,
8
,
56–57
,
217

as last person in vault,
79

late nights in Antwerp Diamond Center,
80

leaving Antwerp,
133

loot kept by,
215–216

love of food,
56

as “the Man of Gold,”
192
,
197

observation powers,
98

office hours,
18