45: Almost Flawless, The Antwerp Diamond Heist | Belgium

Evidence Locker True Crime

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary, History

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🗓️ 21 April 2019

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

On February 16 2003, $100 Million’s worth of diamonds was stolen from the impenetrable security vault in the Antwerp World Diamond Centre. This was the largest diamond heist in the world, ever. In a plot that seems more like a Hollywood movie, one smooth criminal (Leonardo Bortolo) and his gang of experts managed to pull off the job of the century. Everyone except the King of Keys was caught, however, the loot was never recovered…

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0:45.3	with the utmost respect to the victims, their families, and loved ones. The diamond quarter is a square mile area in the center of Antwerp City.
1:07.8	More than 80% of the world's rough diamonds passed through the quarter, making it one of the
1:12.0	largest and wealthiest diamond districts in the world.
1:15.9	At the heart of all the action is the Anthorpe World Diamond Center,
1:20.0	a fortress like building where many diamond dealers have offices or shops.
1:25.0	The building hosts a state-of-the-art vault, where dealers keep rare diamonds, gemstones, and cash.
1:32.0	Content inside the vault is worth billions of dollars, with some pieces of jewelry deemed to be priceless.
1:40.0	In 2003, the vault room in the Antwerp World Diamond Center, was considered to be impenetrable.
1:47.3	With its 10-layer security system, the vault was one of the most secure vaults in the world, if not the most secure one.
1:55.2	So as engineers once boasted about the Titanic that was un-sinkable, the safe in the diamond
2:00.2	center could not be broken into.
2:03.0	Firstly, the whole building was locked in with exterior steel roller gates from 7 PM to 7 AM.
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