Although four gang members were jailed for the 2003 theft from Antwerp Diamond Centre in Belgium — considered at the time to have the safest vault in the world — the diamonds have yet to be found and are estimated to be worth up to £350m.
Just last July, Mr. Notarbartolo was discovered with approximately 2lbs of rough uncut diamonds stashed in his car. However, diamonds are very hard to trace, so it is impossible to determine if they were from the original heist. Mr. Notarbartolo's lawyer added, “No one can be tried twice for the same crime. So even if the jewels come from Antwerp, Notarbartolo has already served his sentence.”
Read the article below to find out how they pulled it off:
The Untold Story of the World Largest Diamond Heist (Wired)
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