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  1. The Antwerp diamond heist, dubbed the "heist of the century", was the largest ever diamond heist and one of the largest robberies in history. Thieves stole loose diamonds, gold, silver and other types of jewelry valued at more than $100 million.

  2. The Millennium Dome raid was an attempted robbery of the Millennium Dome's diamond exhibition in Greenwich, South East London occurring on 7 November 2000. A local gang planned to ram-raid the De Beers diamond exhibition, which was held in the riverside Dome.

  3. Nov 26, 2017 · The Antwerp Diamond District is one of the most heavily secured places in the world, with billions of dollars of diamonds changing hands there every year. And it was there in 2003 that one gang of thieves pulled off one of the largest diamond heists in history.

    • John Kuroski
  4. Mar 12, 2009 · The Untold Story of the World's Biggest Diamond Heist. Leonardo Notarbartolo strolls into the prison visiting room trailing a guard as if the guy were his personal assistant. The other convicts...

  5. Nov 26, 1983 · In this article, we'll look at 10 of the biggest diamond heists in history, all of which went down in the last few decades. We'll see how the thieves got the goods, how much they stole and what happened in the aftermath. Each heist in this article is the stuff of legend. Are you ready for the first? Contents. A Nearly Golden Getaway (1983)

  6. Feb 20, 2013 · On February 16, 2003, thieves broke into the subterranean vault of Belgium’s Antwerp Diamond Center, long considered an impregnable fortress in one of the world’s busiest diamond hubs—and one...

  7. Aug 21, 2022 · Several years after Barry Crimmins first stole gems from the mine, Argyle Diamonds decided to have one more crack at retrieving some of the stolen loot. They hired former Victorian police ...