02-08-2025
$500m heist of the century: How a twinkly-eyed Italian outsmarted the 'Fort Knox' of Antwerp's diamond district in an audacious robbery worthy of an Ocean's Eleven plot... only to be foiled by a half-eaten salami sandwich
There were many good reasons not to attempt a robbery in the underground vault of the Antwerp World Diamond Centre.
The fact that it was two floors down and behind a foot-deep steel door with a magnetic security alarm, two-part master key and a second lock with a million possible combinations.
