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Episode 592: Antwerp Diamond Heist: From Safecracking to Salami

Sofa King Podcast

Sofa King Podcast

Comedy, History, Society & Culture

4.81.4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 July 2021

⏱️ 110 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we take a crack at some true crime and explore the $100 million Antwerp Diamond Heist of 2003. This is some Die Hard and Ocean’s 11 type stuff right here. A career thief (and possibly mafia royalty) named Leonardo Notarbartolo was at the heart of it. He played the face man with team of people known only as The Monster, The Genius, The King of Keys, and Speedy. They dreamed up an impossible scheme to rob one of the richest diamond vaults in the world and somehow bypass a vault that was two stories underground and had ten layers of security measures in place. So, how did they get into the vault under Antwerp? What simple and crazy hacks did they use? Who are the diamond police? Who was the mysterious Buyer who set it all up, and was he a fiction or part of the scheme? Where did hair spray come into play, and how did a man and two weasels bust the case wide open with the help of a salami sandwich? Listen, laugh, learn.   Visit Our Sources: https://www.wired.com/2009/03/ff-diamonds-2/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antwerp_diamond_heist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45el4Qlaj-E

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And we are, as a people, opposed to secret societies, the secret oaths.

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I know for a fact.

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And the secret proceedings.

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Weapons of mass destruction.

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I have a dream.

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I take the threat very seriously.

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I knew World Order.

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Your government thanks you for your participation.

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You are now listening to the world famous Sofakim Paka.

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Please read from sheets.

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I am.

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I am.

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Sofakim.

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Sofakim.

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Now repeat all very fast, please.

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I am.

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Sofakim.

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Faster.

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I am.

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Sofakim.

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Not so fast.

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