In what looks like to be the biggest diamond heist in Antwerp since 2003, eight masked men made away with US$ 50 million worth of diamonds from a Swiss passenger plane on February 18. According to Brussels prosecutor’s spokeswoman Anja Bijnens, the robbers were “professionals” The eight men had disguised themselves as police, broke through security barriers and forced their way into the cargo of a Swiss-bound plane operated by Helvetic Airways. They took 120 packages from the plane’s hold […]

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