Flawless
Inside the Largest Diamond Heist in History
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Don Hagen
About this listen
On February 15, 2003, a group of thieves broke into an allegedly airtight vault in the international diamond capital of Antwerp, Belgium and made off with over $108 million dollars worth of diamonds and other valuables. They did so without tripping an alarm or injuring a single guard in the process.
Although the crime was perfect, the getaway was not. The police zeroed in on a band of professional thieves fronted by Leonardo Notarbartolo, a dapper Italian who had rented an office in the Diamond Center and clandestinely cased its vault for over two years. The who of the crime had been answered, but the how remained largely a mystery.
Enter Scott Andrew Selby, a Harvard Law grad and diamond expert, and Greg Campbell, author of Blood Diamonds, who undertook a global goose chase to uncover the true story behind the daring heist. Tracking the threads of the story throughout Europe from Belgium to Italy, in seedy cafes and sleek diamond offices, the authors sorted through an array of conflicting details, divergent opinions and incongruous theories to put together the puzzle of what actually happened that Valentines Day weekend.
This real-life Ocean's Eleven, a combination of diamond history, journalistic reportage, and riveting true-crime story, provides a thrilling in-depth study detailing the better-than-fiction heist of the century.
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- Mr
- 20-08-18
fascinating
found interesting and fascinating. if you enjoy real-life stories would recommend. would be great if there was a follow up in years to come
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- JMJM
- 10-04-16
Better than expected...
Having read mixed reviews of this audiobook, i was expecting little. I was pleasantly surprised.
I found the story, the storytelling and the narration all to be engaging. An unabridged edition, i wanted depth of story, and i was not disappointed.
If other reviews have left you unsure of whether or not to buy this audiobook then i suggest the risk is worth it.
Recommended.
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- Joe
- 12-02-12
Everything you'd want in a book about a heist!
A fascinating book which details the genius and the stupidity involved in one of the greatest heists of all time. Incredibly well researched, well written and well narrated. I learnt a fair bit about diamonds in the process, like they're not actually that rare since the advent of modern mining techniques. Debeers hold around 4 billion diamonds in their safe to keep prices artificially high. It's all carefully controlled and if they ever flooded onto the market then Diamonds would be worth very little.
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- Jay
- 15-05-20
The most elaborated heist I ve seen!
I had heard about this heist in the past and wanted to listen to the book. I must admit I first struggle to get into it due to the monotone voice of the narrator. However, once you get used to it and get into the details of the heist, it is so interesting! I am an electro engineer and was really absorbed by the technical side of the book. I know the system and how hard these are to bypass. Those thieves are artists to me and they took months to practice their act!
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- Sue McW
- 16-05-15
Flawed ! Don't bother with the first half
Hmm... I gave up on this book half-way through. Way too much detail, and for some reason the narrator repeats the full name of 'Notre Bartelow' (no, I don't know how to spell it) hundreds of times throughout the narrative. The book has the feeling that it was padded out and it is not until the second half of the download that you get to the actual heist - by which time I really didn't care what happened and gave up. Sorry.
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