Flawless : : Inside the Largest Diamond Heist in History

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Call Number: 364.162 Se
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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The Trojan horse -- The school of Turin -- Probing missions -- Where the diamonds are -- The plan -- Safeguards -- My stolen valentine -- The heist of the century -- One man's trash is another man's treasure -- Been caught stealing -- Checkmate -- The trial -- The loot.

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Fascinating! submitted by ValerieL on July 2, 2011, 4:26pm The first two or three times I put this book on reserve at my library, it came in at a time when I didn't have time to read it because of school. When I did finally got a chance to read it, I was afraid the reality would not measure up to my anticipation of it. Thankfully, it was everything I anticipated and more!

I really enjoyed reading this book and reading about all the ingenious ideas and gadgets these men came up with in order to thwart the various security measures of the diamond vault in Antwerp. I'm not condoning it, but if one is going to go about robbing a vault, one should be as ingenious as these gentlemen. Unfortunately, through a couple of strokes of bad luck, the police caught onto them rather quickly after their getaway.

I found the story to be well-written and it flowed smoothly from one segment to another. If you enjoy reading or watching movies about heists or about criminals who find ways of meeting their goals without violence (like "The Italian Job" or "Ocean's Eleven"), you will enjoy this book!

fascinating true crime story submitted by sumsaylor on July 15, 2015, 7:47pm A group of thieves pulled off an almost perfect robbery in 2003. The alarms didn't trip and no one was injured. Making it out with over one hundred million dollars in diamonds and jewels. And they are so close to getting away with it when just a couple of bad coincidences tie them to the crime. One of my favorite books.