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Authors: SCOTT ANDREW SELBY

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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

Oliver, Denice,
202
,
230

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

Pearls,
xiii
,
125–126
,
211–212

Personal Chiavi,
35
,
57
,
85
,
181

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

Poletto, Lodovico,
135
,
200–201

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

Primetime Live,
193–194
,
203

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

Robbery trash,
142–146
,
192
,
201

Robinson, Mark,
230
,
305
n230

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

Rubies,
xiii
,
28
,
74
,
126
,
132
,
212

SADA.
See
Secure Antwerp Diamond Area (SADA)

Safecrackers,
20
,
85
,
86–87

Safe deposit boxes,
89–90
,
101

De Vos replacing doors,
150
School of Turin emptying,
124–129

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