Antwerp Diamond Heist $100M Stolen | Vault Security Defeated | Never Recovered

Описание: In February 2003, thieves executed one of the most sophisticated heists in history, breaching the Antwerp Diamond Center's supposedly impenetrable vault and stealing over $100 million in diamonds, gold, and precious jewelry. The vault was protected by multiple layers of cutting-edge security including combination locks, seismic sensors, magnetic detectors, heat sensors, Doppler radar, and surveillance cameras. Yet a meticulously planned team bypassed every single defense, opened 123 of 160 safe deposit boxes, and vanished without triggering a single alarm.
The mastermind, Leonardo Notarbartolo, had spent years posing as a legitimate diamond merchant with an office in the building, studying security protocols and planning every detail. The heist took place over a weekend, with the team systematically defeating each security layer using hairspray, styrofoam, and insider knowledge. They should have gotten away with the perfect crime, but one catastrophic mistake changed everything.
A week after the heist, investigators searching wooded areas near Antwerp discovered discarded evidence including a receipt. DNA analysis linked the receipt to Notarbartolo, cracking the case wide open. He was arrested, extradited to Belgium, and convicted in 2009, receiving a ten-year sentence. However, most of the stolen diamonds were never recovered, and the other members of the heist team were never apprehended.
This investigation reveals how the thieves studied and defeated state-of-the-art vault security, the single piece of evidence that solved the case, why the stolen diamonds remain missing decades later, and whether justice was truly served when only one member faced consequences while $100 million in gems vanished forever.

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