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Authors: SCOTT ANDREW SELBY

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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

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