Flawless: Inside the Largest Diamond Heist in History (52 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
off-the-books business,
32
Peys accusing,
174
Peys questioning,
171–173
in police custody,
169–170
police run-ins,
31
in prison,
207
,
221
release of,
231
as renowned thief,
4
,
20
as respected jeweler,
27
returning to crime scene,
156–158
,
160–162
as ringleader,
202
robbery story,
222–229
on robbery watch list,
30
as scapegoat,
201–202
,
230
in School of Turin,
35
setting diamond heist in motion,
1–3
as suspect,
149–151
,
154–155
,
167
in tight spot,
163–165
trial of,
199–201
vault key and,
96–98
Vidal on,
165
Notarbartolo, Marco,
155–156
,
180
,
197
,
286
n180
Nuyts, Leen,
179
Ocean’s Eleven,
84
,
104
,
115
,
218
,
223
,
229–230
Off-the-books business,
32
at crime scene,
136
as insurance inspector,
52–55
relating robbery story,
62–63
triage operation by,
140
vault combination and,
119
Onyx,
74
Opals,
74
Oppenheimer, Ernest,
70
Oppenheimer, Nicky,
70
Organized crime,
22
,
24
,
63
.
See also
Mafia
;
Mob
Osailly, Samih,
65
Paramount Pictures,
231
Passive infrared technology (PIR),
93–94
Peys, Patrick,
132
,
146
,
149
,
184
,
204
,
207
,
216
,
230
.
See also
Diamond detectives
accusing Leonardo Notarbartolo,
174
at crime scene,
xiv–xv
,
138
as diamond-crime investigator,
xiii
,
123
expertise,
77
on inside cooperation for robbery,
220–221
investigations by,
63–64
issuing thank you,
220
as mystery detective,
64
on police protocol,
162
questioning Leonardo Notarbartolo,
171–173
on robbery story,
227–228
surveying robbery scene,
xiv–xv
television interview,
194
as underappreciated,
64
,
66
Piazza Statuto,
26
Plompteux, Jacques,
43
,
44
,
79
,
117
,
135
,
137
,
220
apartment of,
103
,
124
knowing vault combination,
119
Police.
See also
Diamond detectives
in ADA,
59
Antonino Falleti in custody,
169–170
assisting diamantaires,
64–65
Crudo in custody,
169–170
diamond detectives working with local,
163
Finotto photo,
173
Leonardo Notarbartolo in custody,
169–170
Leonardo Notarbartolo run-ins,
31
Martino as Mobile Squadron director,
21
,
25
,
153
organized crime squad,
63
Peys on protocol,
162
questioning De Vos,
140–141
rounding up School of Turin,
180–181
Zwiep in custody,
169–170
Poliseri, Giovanni (“John the Tunisian”),
35
,
181
,
223
Preceptive document,
30
Prison of Antwerp,
177–179
Profile Business Service Limited of London,
232
Proximus Diamond Games,
103
,
110
,
143
Pulling device,
123–124
Al Qaeda,
63–65
Raking,
100
Rhodes, Cecil,
68–70
Ribeauville vault door,
89
Robbery.
See also
Diamond heists
;
“Heist of the century”
Boost as victim,
126
of bourses,
61–63
De Sousa discovering,
135–136
Finotto attempting,
36–37
Leonardo Notarbartolo on watch list,
30
Oliver relating story,
62–63
Peys surveying scene of,
xiv–xv
unresolved questions,
220–221
Vidal as victim,
126
,
137
Rolex watches,
xiii
,
28
,
73
,
125
,
212
Rough diamonds,
102
,
265
n71,
266
n74,
212
,
159
certificates,
159
dealers,
74
exporting,
214
,
298
n214
production,
70–71
shaping,
66
transactions,
2
,
55
Rubens, Peter Paul,
14
SADA.
See
Secure Antwerp Diamond Area (SADA)
De Vos replacing doors,
150
School of Turin emptying,
124–129