Flawless: Inside The Largest Diamond Heist In History - Plot & Excerpts
I was always waiting to reach something that was the top of its field.”—Italian crook Valerio Viccei, after being arrested for robbingthe Knightsbridge Safe Deposit Centre in Londonof $65 million in cash in 1987If he felt like a fool carrying a man-purse, Notarbartolo could at least comfort himself knowing that it would help make him incredibly rich. The little dark-leather satchel was triangular with a flat bottom and a handle on top so that he could carry it like a doctor’s kit bag. What made it special, however, was the hole he’d cut out of the side. It was just the right size to accommodate the lens of a small video camera.In the early months of 2001, as the School of Turin was deciding whether robbing the Diamond Center was doable, Notarbartolo traveled from Turin to Antwerp often. Cheap flights left daily from nearby Milan to Brussels. From there, Antwerp was just a short distance away. He kept the satchel in his Antwerp apartment so its obvious modification wouldn’t lead to questions from airport security.As he approached the Diamond District, he carried the little leather purse under one arm with the camera inside rolling.
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