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The Antwerp World
Diamond Center.
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It's got hundreds
of millions of dollars
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in gold, diamonds,
jewelry, cash.
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It's home
to one of the world's
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most impenetrable vaults.
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Who would be crazy enough
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to even think
of attempting this?
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But one criminal mastermind
thinks he has
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the right team to crack it.
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These guys are
the best of the best.
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If he's right,
they could pull off
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the biggest diamond heist
in history.
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Five feet away from
a vault door, that's insane.
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Tensions are
through the roof,
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and he starts to crack
under the pressure.
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If anybody sees and notices
his erratic behavior,
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it's all over.
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The masterminds
behind every great heist
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see what most people don't.
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Risking everything to pull off
the score of a lifetime,
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it takes a bold plan,
the right team,
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and the skill to stay
one step ahead of the law.
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It's 2003, and a team
of top-notch Italian thieves
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is about to crack
one of the world's
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toughest diamond vaults.
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Getting this far has taken
two years
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of practice and planning
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that starts
with infiltrating
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the city's well-guarded
Diamond Quarter.
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The Diamond Quarter is where
80% of the world's diamonds
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will pass through
at any one time.
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It's a small town,
a small industry,
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but it's maybe $35 billion
worth of merchandise a year
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goes through there.
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Security is very, very high.
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Within the Diamond Quarter
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is an even more protected section
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called the
Secure Antwerp Diamond Area,
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or SADA.
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It's got
its own police station.
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It's got bulletproof glass.
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There's CCTV.
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There's security patrols.
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There's only two roads,
one in and one out,
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both of which
have telescopic barriers
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that would stop any cars
coming in or leaving.
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The amount of wealth
in this area is staggering.
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It is not uncommon
to see people walking
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through the streets
with attaché cases
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handcuffed to their wrists.
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That security is
why people choose
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to do their business here.
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All that security
exists for one reason,
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to protect the Antwerp
World Diamond Center.
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That is the jewel
in the crown.
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It's the largest building
within SADA,
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and it's the home to all
of the biggest diamond
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companies in the world.
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All of them have
an office there.
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To gain access
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to the Diamond Center building,
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you have to provide
an ID, and a computer
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marks down the point of entry
and the point of departure.
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There are 27 cameras around
the Diamond Center facilities,
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and those are monitored
by guards
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all the time
during business hours.
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In fact, the Diamond Center
is actually broken down,
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much like a prison,
into three blocks.
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There's A block,
B block, and C block.
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And two stories below B block
is the Diamond Center's vault.
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Stored in
the underground vault
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in these safety deposit boxes
is gold, gems, currency,
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but especially diamonds.
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That vault is
supposedly impenetrable.
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There's approximately
ten levels of security
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just to get in.
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The vault is something
of an engineering marvel.
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It's got
a 12-inch-thick steel door.
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The vault door is
around three tons,
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and supposedly, it would take
more than 12 hours
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for a drill to go through it.
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And it has
a seismic sensor to it,
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so if anybody starts
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banging on the door
with a sledgehammer
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or starts drilling on the door,
it sets off the alarm.
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There is a combination lock
on this vault.
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There are four
different numbers
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that have to be entered,
and each of those
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goes between 0 and 99.
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To put it into context,
there's approximately
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100 million
different combinations.
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And if those numbers
aren't entered in perfectly,
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the key can't actually go in
because the numbers
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actually create a channel that
the key goes through.
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This would have been
a very long key
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because this is
a very thick door,
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and they say that this was
an unpickable lock.
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On top of the door,
there's magnetic sensors.
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If they were to pop,
the alarm would sound.
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So even if anyone was
to get through the locks
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on the vault itself,
if they tried to open the door,
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the alarms are
still gonna sound.
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Once you open
the massive steel door,
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you've got light sensors.
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You've got motion
and heat sensors.
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Even if you are able
to overcome the CCTV cameras,
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motion detectors,
seismic monitors,
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light detectors,
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and you were to get
inside the vault,
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you're then presented
with the safe deposit boxes,
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which are each
individually locked
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with a very secure lock.
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You've gotta ask yourself
who would be crazy enough
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to even think
of attempting this.
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Leonardo Notarbartolo.
He was born in Sicily
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but raised in Turin.
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His superpower is
his charm,
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and he's able to disarm you
and make you feel
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like you've been friends forever.
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And then the second
he walks out of the room,
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you forget
who you were talking to.
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Notarbartolo has said that
he was born to be a thief.
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By the age of 19,
he was already stealing
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high-end sports cars.
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In the '70s, he moves
from fast cars to diamonds.
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He chooses
diamonds specifically
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because they're easy to carry,
they're valuable,
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and they're really difficult
to trace.
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And it turns out
he has this ability
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to design jewelry,
really great jewelry.
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He sets up a few
jewelry stores of his own
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to provide himself
some legitimacy
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and create a lot
of professional connections,
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both legitimate
and in the underworld.
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And so at some point, one
of Leonardo's jewelry stores
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gets hit.
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He loses a ton of jewelry
and some of his designs.
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I think he thought
he would find a way
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to recoup his losses.
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This might have been
the motivation
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for the Antwerp Diamond Heist.
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But robbing Antwerp's
Diamond Center
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is about more than just
dollars and diamonds.
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This is a legacy maker.
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This is what will make him
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the best thief in the world.
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Of course,
Notarbartolo can't simply
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walk in and case the joint,
so he turns to an old saying:
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if you can't beat them,
join 'em.
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Leonardo actually goes
to the Diamond Center itself,
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posing as a diamond trader.
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It's so bold.
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When Leonardo walks
into the building,
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the crime essentially
has begun.
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Notarbartolo creates
a front company
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called Damoros Preziosi.
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He smooth-talks the woman
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who is the manager
of the building.
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He seems likable enough.
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She rents him an office
for 700 bucks a month,
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and the plan is in motion.
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Nobody checked
his criminal record,
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which sounds a little bit
strange in a diamond building,
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but yet they allowed him
to rent the office.
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Because he was
an official renter,
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he was also entitled
to rent a security box.
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Free access in a building
is priceless.
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Any of the tenants that
have boxes in the building
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are able to take the elevator
down to the vault floor.
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Then the only thing standing
between them and their boxes
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is a wave to a camera.
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The guards recognize you
as a tenant,
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they buzz you
through the day gate,
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and then you have access
to your box...
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and access
to everybody else's box.
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Seeing the security system
in person is one thing.
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Finding their flaws
and figuring out
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how to exploit them
is another thing entirely.
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He takes the outrageous step
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of using a video camera
to record
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through a tiny hole in a bag
that he carries on his person,
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and he's using it to record
all sorts of information
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about the security
of the Diamond Center,
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including the vault itself.
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There's an armed guard waiting
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right outside the vault.
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And he's got to be wondering
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what's taking so long.
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Leonardo is surely aware
that whilst he
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is trying to record,
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that he is being watched himself.
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If he's caught, he would be
going straight to prison.
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Italian jewel thief
Leonardo Notarbartolo
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has been casing
the Antwerp Diamond Center
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for the last eight months.
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But now secretly recording
the security features
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inside the vault is
attracting unwanted attention
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from a guard.
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That's a security feature
he doesn't need to experience.
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He's drawn
the attention of the guards,
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but he's leaning heavily
on his greatest weapon,
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which is his charm.
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And this is gonna
get him out of it.
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With a clear picture
of the vault's interior,
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he returns to Turin
to build a team.
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Fortunately for Leonardo,
his hometown
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is known
for its beautiful architecture
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and its world-class thieves.
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In the late '90s, the School
of Turin was a name
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that was given by the media
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for a group of individuals
who all worked together
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to pull off crimes.
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They're not
an organized gang
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in any certain way,
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but they are loosely connected
to each other
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because of the skills
that they have.
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As Notarbartolo begins
to build the team
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that will help him commit
his most ambitious crime yet,
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he reaches out first
to a man they call...
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The Monster.
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Ferdinando Finotto,
AKA The Monster.
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He's named The Monster
because he's monstrously good
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at everything he does:
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driving, electrician,
or even providing some muscle.
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Leonardo convinces
The Monster that this is
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not just an ordinary bank job.
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"No, no, no, no," he says.
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A job like this would provide
financial security
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for the rest of their lives
if they could pull it off.
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Notarbartolo has found his muscle,
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but he knows that beating
the complex security system
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of this vault will
require brains as well,
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his own version of 007's Q.
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Elio D'Onorio,
AKA The Genius.
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He provides all the solutions
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to the most complex
security systems.
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He even has his own
security systems business,
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so he can essentially hide
in plain sight.
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The Genius is going
to be the point person
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for anything that's
technologically challenging
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during this heist.
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He can disable any alarm,
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no matter how sophisticated
it is.
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So in the beginning,
Leonardo travels from Turin
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to Antwerp about once a month.
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Notarbartolo is determined
to keep a low profile
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on his visits
to the Diamond Center,
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but his eyes and ears
are always open
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for any opportunity
or weakness.
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He notices he is able
to get into the safe
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early in the morning,
when it opens at 7:00,
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so he can actually watch
the guard open the safe
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and whatever
the procedure might be.
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He also made it
his business to be there
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when they were
closing the vault,
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so he was allegedly
the last customer.
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And he noticed how
the guard closed the door
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and what he did.
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He's also getting
a glimpse of this key.
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To make a working copy
of the key,
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you have to have
the accurate spacing of cuts,
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and each of those cuts
has to be cut
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to a very specific depth.
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Forging this unique
foot-long key
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will be a challenge
for the team's new locksmith,
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known only
as the King of Keys.
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We know
very little about him,
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but what we do know
for sure is that he is
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an expert at making keys.
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The plan is set
for Valentine's Day weekend,
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when the district
is distracted
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after its busiest time
of the year.
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The team has to sneak
into the Diamond Center
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after hours,
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get past multiple alarms,
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and defeat
a massive vault door
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that requires both a key
and a combination.
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After all that,
there are still more sensors
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just to get
to the safe deposit boxes.
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It won't be easy.
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To succeed, they need
more than skill and luck.
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They need blueprints.
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Leonardo reaches out
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to the Diamond Center's
manager
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and says that he's looking
at expanding his business,
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and if he could get
a floor plan,
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you know,
that would really be helpful.
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And astonishingly,
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they not only give him
floor plans,
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they give him
the schematics for the vault.
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By obtaining the blueprints,
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the thieves are able to start
looking at points of entry.
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And they determine that one
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of the parking garages
in block C
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is actually accessible
from the main street
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without having to go in
through police checkpoints.
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It's the perfect way
around SADA's no-car policy.
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12 weeks before the heist,
Notarbartolo decides
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they'll need a getaway driver,
someone he trusts.
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The last member of this crew
that Leonardo brings on
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is Pietro Tavano, AKA Speedy.
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Not only is Pietro
a lifelong friend of Leonardo,
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but he also has
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a pretty long rap sheet
of his own.
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With his crack team
of thieves now assembled,
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Notarbartolo continues
to charm his way
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into more
and more restricted areas
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of the Diamond Center.
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He gets friendly
with the guards
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and learns their routines.
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There is a monitoring feed,
and that it goes on VHS tape.
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But very often,
nobody's watching these feeds.
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He notices
that the vault isn't
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physically being observed
by security staff at night.
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This was
a huge revelation for him.
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Notarbartolo knows his heist
must be a one-night job--
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get in the building,
get in the vault,
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and get out with the diamonds,
all in five hours.
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The key is figuring out
how to defeat
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all ten layers of security
without wasting precious time.
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Five days before the heist,
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Notarbartolo has a genius idea.
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There is simply
too much security
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to try and overcome
in a single night,
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so some of this
has to be done beforehand.
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And that's where
The Genius comes in.
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The Genius enters
the building.
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He uses Notarbartolo's
key card to scan himself in,
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and he actually scans
himself out
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but doesn't leave
the building.
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Now it's after hours.
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The Genius can
really get to work.
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First, he covers
the security cameras
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outside the vault door.
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Next, he goes and installs
a security camera of his own
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over the combination dial
of the vault door
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so that they can see
what that combination is.
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The king of thieves thinks
he can also use this footage
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to replicate the vault key.
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00:17:23,710 --> 00:17:27,043
Next, The Genius shows off
the kind of skill
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that earned him his nickname.
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The magnetic sensor
contains two components.
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These two magnets
touch each other
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and create a magnetic field.
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And if they're pulled apart,
that magnetic field breaks,
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00:17:41,376 --> 00:17:43,751
and that instantly sends
a distress signal
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00:17:43,876 --> 00:17:45,710
and locks everything down.
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00:17:45,710 --> 00:17:50,251
And so The Genius fabricated
a specialized aluminum plate
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with a couple of lips on it
that actually hold
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these two sensors
next to each other.
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This simple device allows
The Genius
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to unscrew the bolts
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00:18:00,668 --> 00:18:04,085
and remove the plates
without interrupting
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00:18:04,210 --> 00:18:08,043
the magnetic field
between them.
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00:18:08,168 --> 00:18:11,376
Next, he attaches
double-sided tape
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00:18:11,501 --> 00:18:15,168
to the sensors themselves
and cuts the bolts,
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00:18:15,293 --> 00:18:19,210
and this allows him to just
stick the censors
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00:18:19,376 --> 00:18:21,960
back exactly where they were,
giving the illusion
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00:18:22,085 --> 00:18:24,918
that they're still bolted
into place.
360
00:18:25,043 --> 00:18:27,543
But his work isn't done yet.
361
00:18:27,668 --> 00:18:31,210
There's one more critical task
the team's clever gadget guy
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00:18:31,335 --> 00:18:33,335
must accomplish.
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00:18:33,460 --> 00:18:36,543
There is a parking garage
which needs to be used
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00:18:36,668 --> 00:18:38,168
for the group to come
straight in
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00:18:38,293 --> 00:18:40,043
and down towards the vault.
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00:18:40,043 --> 00:18:41,626
But that garage
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00:18:41,751 --> 00:18:43,960
has an electronic buzzer
368
00:18:44,085 --> 00:18:46,710
that needs to open
the gate itself.
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00:18:46,710 --> 00:18:49,418
There are 12 possible
toggle switches
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00:18:49,543 --> 00:18:52,335
that make for 1,000 different combinations.
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00:18:52,335 --> 00:18:56,210
The Genius has to find
the correct frequency
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00:18:56,210 --> 00:18:58,376
to open that door.
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The Genius,
being The Genius, does it.
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00:19:03,335 --> 00:19:04,960
Will The Genius's night
375
00:19:05,085 --> 00:19:07,960
at the Diamond Center pay off?
376
00:19:08,085 --> 00:19:11,085
The team won't know
until the end of the heist.
377
00:19:11,251 --> 00:19:14,835
Then, they'll either
be rich or behind bars.
378
00:19:14,835 --> 00:19:19,043
In the meantime,
the last piece of preparation
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00:19:19,043 --> 00:19:25,126
falls to the guy who started
it all, Leonardo Notarbartolo.
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00:19:25,251 --> 00:19:28,043
Leonardo still has
a massive job to do,
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00:19:28,168 --> 00:19:30,168
and it involves the heat
and motion sensor
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00:19:30,168 --> 00:19:33,001
that's inside the vault.
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If that's activated,
then clearly,
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the alarm will be raised,
and they will be caught.
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00:19:37,918 --> 00:19:41,918
So he needs to try
and dole down its sensitivity
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00:19:42,043 --> 00:19:43,960
so that
it can't actually detect
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00:19:44,085 --> 00:19:45,460
the humans are in there.
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00:19:45,585 --> 00:19:48,418
And he uses something
that most of us
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00:19:48,585 --> 00:19:54,335
have probably got in our homes:
a simple can of hairspray.
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00:19:56,960 --> 00:19:59,376
Notarbartolo has to be
extremely careful doing this
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00:19:59,376 --> 00:20:04,168
because he's on camera,
and if anybody sees
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00:20:04,168 --> 00:20:07,293
and notices this erratic
behavior, it's all over.
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00:20:17,168 --> 00:20:18,876
It's the day
before the heist,
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00:20:18,876 --> 00:20:23,210
and international jewel thief
Leonardo Notarbartolo
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00:20:23,335 --> 00:20:26,376
takes on the riskiest part
of his plan,
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00:20:26,543 --> 00:20:30,126
trying to disable a sensor
inside the vault
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00:20:30,251 --> 00:20:32,043
during business hours.
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00:20:32,168 --> 00:20:35,251
He simply walks
inside the vault
399
00:20:35,376 --> 00:20:37,543
and gives the impression
of stretching
400
00:20:37,710 --> 00:20:39,543
because maybe he's
a little bit tired
401
00:20:39,668 --> 00:20:41,626
after a hard day in the office.
402
00:20:41,751 --> 00:20:45,043
Whilst he stretches,
he actually sprays the sensor.
403
00:20:50,043 --> 00:20:52,668
He does, you know, attract
the attention of guards,
404
00:20:52,793 --> 00:20:54,376
and now he's gotta pretend,
you know,
405
00:20:54,543 --> 00:20:56,543
that he was just
fixing his hair.
406
00:20:57,626 --> 00:21:00,793
He could talk his way out
of almost any situation,
407
00:21:00,918 --> 00:21:05,001
and that's undoubtedly
what got him as far as it did.
408
00:21:07,168 --> 00:21:09,418
The night before the heist,
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00:21:09,585 --> 00:21:12,376
the gang all gather
in Leonardo's apartment.
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00:21:12,376 --> 00:21:14,876
The Monster goes
to a local Italian deli
411
00:21:15,001 --> 00:21:16,793
and brings back some food,
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00:21:16,918 --> 00:21:20,793
including some pasta and some
tomatoes and some salami.
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00:21:20,918 --> 00:21:23,710
And they're all going over
the plans of everything,
414
00:21:23,835 --> 00:21:25,960
how they're going
to run through it,
415
00:21:26,085 --> 00:21:28,085
and they're very amped up.
416
00:21:29,043 --> 00:21:33,751
After more than two years
of preparation,
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00:21:33,918 --> 00:21:37,043
two years of planning,
two years of meetings,
418
00:21:37,168 --> 00:21:40,960
two years
of risking everything,
419
00:21:41,085 --> 00:21:42,918
it all boils down
to what happens
420
00:21:43,043 --> 00:21:44,710
within the next 24 hours.
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00:21:46,376 --> 00:21:49,085
Speedy drives the crew
to the garage entrance
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00:21:49,210 --> 00:21:51,460
just outside the SADA.
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00:21:51,585 --> 00:21:53,710
All their exhaustive prep work
424
00:21:53,710 --> 00:21:56,001
is about to be put
to the test.
425
00:21:56,001 --> 00:21:58,835
The heist begins now.
426
00:22:02,835 --> 00:22:04,918
They make their way in
through the garage
427
00:22:05,085 --> 00:22:08,293
with the frequency
that The Genius has obtained.
428
00:22:08,418 --> 00:22:10,418
They're able to go
right through the garage
429
00:22:10,585 --> 00:22:12,668
and into the building.
430
00:22:12,793 --> 00:22:15,668
By ordering locks that
are used in the building,
431
00:22:15,793 --> 00:22:17,710
these guys are able
to take them apart,
432
00:22:17,835 --> 00:22:21,710
and they're able
to manufacture a universal key
433
00:22:21,835 --> 00:22:25,293
that gives them access
to a bunch of the doors.
434
00:22:25,418 --> 00:22:27,418
Thanks to the blueprints
they obtained,
435
00:22:27,585 --> 00:22:29,043
they take the stairs
436
00:22:29,210 --> 00:22:32,168
to the vault room
437
00:22:32,168 --> 00:22:33,918
that allows them
to bypass the cameras
438
00:22:34,085 --> 00:22:36,751
and the elevator logs.
439
00:22:38,751 --> 00:22:43,001
So far so good, but once
they get to the vault foyer,
440
00:22:43,001 --> 00:22:45,126
the real work begins.
441
00:22:45,251 --> 00:22:48,126
They have just five hours
to clean out the vault
442
00:22:48,251 --> 00:22:50,376
and get clear of the building.
443
00:22:50,501 --> 00:22:52,543
Although The Genius has done
all this preparation,
444
00:22:52,668 --> 00:22:53,918
we still don't know
at this point
445
00:22:54,043 --> 00:22:55,710
if it's gonna work.
446
00:22:55,835 --> 00:22:58,710
The Genius takes
the magnetic sensor
447
00:22:58,835 --> 00:23:02,793
that's taped to the door
and moves it to the wall.
448
00:23:02,918 --> 00:23:05,835
If the two magnets
stay together,
449
00:23:05,835 --> 00:23:12,543
if you move them together,
it does not trigger an alarm.
450
00:23:14,293 --> 00:23:15,668
Now that's taken care of,
and they can start working
451
00:23:15,793 --> 00:23:17,543
on accessing the vault door.
452
00:23:17,668 --> 00:23:21,210
It falls on The Monster
to beat the first lock.
453
00:23:21,210 --> 00:23:25,293
He must precisely enter
the four double-digit numbers
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00:23:25,418 --> 00:23:28,001
to open
the channel for the vault key.
455
00:23:28,126 --> 00:23:32,460
There's 100 million
possible combinations.
456
00:23:32,585 --> 00:23:34,585
As for getting
the combination
457
00:23:34,585 --> 00:23:34,876
for the vault door,
458
00:23:35,043 --> 00:23:37,585
the camera that
The Genius put in place
459
00:23:37,751 --> 00:23:40,418
five nights prior
was able to actually see
460
00:23:40,543 --> 00:23:42,793
the numbers being dialed in
by the security guard.
461
00:23:46,251 --> 00:23:49,376
This is the moment of truth
for the King of Keys.
462
00:23:49,501 --> 00:23:51,918
Were they able to use
hidden camera footage
463
00:23:52,085 --> 00:23:54,335
to make a counterfeit key?
464
00:23:54,335 --> 00:23:57,293
Sadly, it seems his reign
has come to an end.
465
00:23:57,418 --> 00:24:00,626
His key fails, and the lock
is not pickable.
466
00:24:00,751 --> 00:24:03,210
But after more than two years
of planning,
467
00:24:03,376 --> 00:24:06,418
Notarbartolo is aware
of one detail
468
00:24:06,543 --> 00:24:09,918
that may save the heist
from complete disaster.
469
00:24:11,668 --> 00:24:13,876
During his late-night
reconnaissance missions,
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00:24:14,043 --> 00:24:16,001
Notarbartolo thinks
that the guards
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00:24:16,001 --> 00:24:18,043
actually just keep the key
to the vault
472
00:24:18,168 --> 00:24:20,751
in a utility closet.
473
00:24:20,918 --> 00:24:23,626
They're able to break
into it easily with a crowbar,
474
00:24:23,751 --> 00:24:26,668
and now they've got that key.
475
00:24:26,668 --> 00:24:28,543
It's not a good practice
476
00:24:28,668 --> 00:24:31,251
to leave this like this
in a storeroom
477
00:24:31,418 --> 00:24:32,460
five feet away
from a vault door.
478
00:24:32,585 --> 00:24:34,001
That's insane.
479
00:24:35,710 --> 00:24:37,043
Now that they've got
the combination
480
00:24:37,043 --> 00:24:38,418
and they've got the key,
481
00:24:38,585 --> 00:24:40,126
they have to do one last thing
482
00:24:40,251 --> 00:24:41,460
before they open
the vault door,
483
00:24:41,585 --> 00:24:42,626
and that's turn off the lights
484
00:24:42,751 --> 00:24:44,168
so that they don't trip
the light sensor
485
00:24:44,293 --> 00:24:46,043
inside the vault.
486
00:24:46,043 --> 00:24:49,876
We think it's likely
that they even used
487
00:24:49,876 --> 00:24:52,210
night vision goggles
because they had to see
488
00:24:52,335 --> 00:24:53,918
what was happening inside.
489
00:24:54,043 --> 00:24:55,543
Because if they even put
a flashlight on,
490
00:24:55,668 --> 00:24:57,543
they'll set
the light sensor off.
491
00:24:57,543 --> 00:25:00,918
Finally, the door
is open, but not so fast.
492
00:25:01,043 --> 00:25:03,793
First, they must
very carefully pry open
493
00:25:03,918 --> 00:25:07,543
the day gate
and slowly swing it open.
494
00:25:07,710 --> 00:25:10,876
Then the tallest member
of the crew,
495
00:25:11,043 --> 00:25:12,585
at a snail's pace,
496
00:25:12,751 --> 00:25:14,668
must tape over
the light sensor
497
00:25:14,668 --> 00:25:16,793
on the vault's ceiling.
498
00:25:16,918 --> 00:25:19,626
Disabling the heat
and motion sensor comes next.
499
00:25:19,751 --> 00:25:24,001
The hairspray will diminish
the sensitivity
500
00:25:24,001 --> 00:25:27,918
of the heat sensor, but it
won't do it indefinitely.
501
00:25:28,043 --> 00:25:30,668
In fact, the gang estimate
it would only give them
502
00:25:30,668 --> 00:25:34,585
around three minutes
before their body heat
503
00:25:34,751 --> 00:25:36,876
would be enough to activate
the sensor.
504
00:25:37,001 --> 00:25:39,251
So they only had
three minutes,
505
00:25:39,418 --> 00:25:43,001
but they had to move
very slowly.
506
00:25:43,001 --> 00:25:46,210
And at this time, tensions
are through the roof
507
00:25:46,335 --> 00:25:48,710
because this is one
of the most critical parts
508
00:25:48,835 --> 00:25:50,793
of the entire heist.
509
00:25:50,918 --> 00:25:53,960
So they use a telescoping rod
with the Styrofoam plate,
510
00:25:54,085 --> 00:25:56,543
but they have to be
extremely delicate
511
00:25:56,543 --> 00:26:00,585
in how they do it.
512
00:26:00,710 --> 00:26:04,543
They have to do
some very deep breathing,
513
00:26:04,668 --> 00:26:10,751
because if that sensor is
not completely covered,
514
00:26:10,918 --> 00:26:13,001
it's going to trigger
an alarm.
515
00:26:13,001 --> 00:26:17,960
If they move too fast,
it's gonna trigger an alarm.
516
00:26:18,085 --> 00:26:20,210
If they sweat,
it's gonna trigger an alarm.
517
00:26:25,960 --> 00:26:27,876
After two years
of reconnaissance
♪ ♪
518
00:26:28,001 --> 00:26:31,210
and meticulous planning,
the School of Turin has bested
519
00:26:31,210 --> 00:26:34,501
one of the toughest
vault doors on Earth.
520
00:26:34,626 --> 00:26:36,835
But it's not time
to celebrate yet.
521
00:26:36,835 --> 00:26:39,710
Now the crucial next step.
522
00:26:39,710 --> 00:26:42,668
To defeat the safe's
sophisticated heat
523
00:26:42,793 --> 00:26:45,876
and motion sensor
depends on, well,
524
00:26:46,043 --> 00:26:47,751
everyday kitchen supplies.
525
00:26:59,835 --> 00:27:03,043
They take
a, like, a Swiffer mop,
526
00:27:03,210 --> 00:27:06,626
and they stick
a Styrofoam cube,
527
00:27:06,751 --> 00:27:09,626
and they literally place it
over the sensor.
528
00:27:14,876 --> 00:27:16,793
Despite all the technology,
529
00:27:16,918 --> 00:27:19,876
all the money that was spent
on the security,
530
00:27:19,876 --> 00:27:23,418
it was stuff you could buy
from a supermarket
531
00:27:23,585 --> 00:27:25,501
that enabled the robbers
to get in.
532
00:27:27,543 --> 00:27:29,543
But now they have
another challenge
533
00:27:29,543 --> 00:27:30,168
on their hands.
534
00:27:30,168 --> 00:27:33,668
There are
189 individual boxes.
535
00:27:33,668 --> 00:27:37,668
Each of those have
a lock and a combination.
536
00:27:37,668 --> 00:27:41,126
Leonardo was able
to figure out,
537
00:27:41,251 --> 00:27:44,793
"Okay, how does this safe
deposit mechanism work?"
538
00:27:44,918 --> 00:27:49,335
He figured out that
the doors had a weakness,
539
00:27:49,335 --> 00:27:51,751
a plastic back plate.
540
00:27:51,876 --> 00:27:54,668
So the gang put together
a device
541
00:27:54,793 --> 00:27:56,835
so that they could force
these doors open.
542
00:27:56,835 --> 00:27:59,210
They used a device
called a nose puller
543
00:27:59,335 --> 00:28:03,293
that fits right
over the face plate
544
00:28:03,418 --> 00:28:05,376
of the safe deposit box.
545
00:28:05,376 --> 00:28:08,210
And then they screw it in,
and with the tension,
546
00:28:08,335 --> 00:28:11,751
they essentially are able
to pop it off
547
00:28:11,918 --> 00:28:14,001
like you're pulling out
a cork in a wine bottle.
548
00:28:14,001 --> 00:28:17,543
It would have been
crack, crack, crack
549
00:28:17,668 --> 00:28:20,210
with the locked case snapping.
550
00:28:20,335 --> 00:28:24,835
And they're finding
cash, currency, jewelry
551
00:28:24,960 --> 00:28:26,376
from individual owners.
552
00:28:26,501 --> 00:28:28,835
But also, there are
boxes there that belong
553
00:28:28,960 --> 00:28:30,460
to private corporations.
554
00:28:30,585 --> 00:28:32,710
These are the loose diamonds.
555
00:28:32,835 --> 00:28:36,043
I mean, just
an untold wealth of diamonds.
556
00:28:36,210 --> 00:28:37,293
They're grabbing
what they can,
557
00:28:37,418 --> 00:28:38,876
stuffing it into bags.
558
00:28:39,043 --> 00:28:40,835
The weight
of the diamonds alone
559
00:28:40,835 --> 00:28:43,251
are estimated to be
around the same weight
560
00:28:43,376 --> 00:28:46,126
as a microwave oven.
561
00:28:46,251 --> 00:28:50,876
They opened 109
of the safe deposit boxes.
562
00:28:51,043 --> 00:28:53,543
The heist was so enormous
563
00:28:53,668 --> 00:28:56,668
that the robbers
actually discarded
564
00:28:56,793 --> 00:28:58,710
a bunch of jewelry
on the floor
565
00:28:58,835 --> 00:29:01,168
because they couldn't take everything.
566
00:29:01,168 --> 00:29:03,876
After they pulled off
the heist of the century,
567
00:29:03,876 --> 00:29:05,376
they need to get rid
of the evidence.
568
00:29:05,501 --> 00:29:07,585
And as they make their way
back up to the ground floor,
569
00:29:07,710 --> 00:29:10,835
one of the men picks the lock
for the security office
570
00:29:10,960 --> 00:29:14,668
and actually just takes
the tapes out of the VCRs.
571
00:29:14,793 --> 00:29:16,876
They find
every single security tape
572
00:29:16,876 --> 00:29:18,710
for the last week
and remove them
573
00:29:18,835 --> 00:29:20,710
and take the tapes with them.
574
00:29:20,835 --> 00:29:22,460
With daylight
fast approaching,
575
00:29:22,585 --> 00:29:25,918
the team slips silently
through the garage,
576
00:29:26,043 --> 00:29:29,835
loaded down with hundreds
of millions in loot.
577
00:29:29,835 --> 00:29:33,710
And the Diamond Quarter
is none the wiser.
578
00:29:33,835 --> 00:29:37,043
When the gang finally get
back to Leonardo's apartment,
579
00:29:37,168 --> 00:29:39,668
they would surely be feeling
580
00:29:39,793 --> 00:29:42,293
a mixture of joy,
of jubilation,
581
00:29:42,418 --> 00:29:47,043
of fear, of apprehension,
all these emotions surely
582
00:29:47,168 --> 00:29:50,251
running through their minds.
583
00:29:50,376 --> 00:29:52,876
They haven't slept
in nearly two days,
584
00:29:53,043 --> 00:29:55,835
but they've got hundreds
of millions of dollars
585
00:29:55,960 --> 00:30:00,876
in gold, diamonds,
jewelry, and cash.
586
00:30:01,043 --> 00:30:03,168
They start a process
that's known as the slaughter,
587
00:30:03,168 --> 00:30:04,876
where they start dividing up
some of the loot
588
00:30:05,001 --> 00:30:06,543
and trying to figure out,
"Okay, what evidence do
589
00:30:06,710 --> 00:30:08,876
we have to get rid of?"
590
00:30:09,043 --> 00:30:12,001
It's the perfect crime,
but they're smart enough
591
00:30:12,001 --> 00:30:15,376
to know one day, the police
will come into this apartment
592
00:30:15,501 --> 00:30:17,001
and check it out.
593
00:30:17,001 --> 00:30:19,876
So they were very meticulous
about taking
594
00:30:19,876 --> 00:30:21,793
all their garbage with them.
595
00:30:21,918 --> 00:30:23,876
They're also trying
596
00:30:24,043 --> 00:30:26,001
to very quickly clean
the apartment
597
00:30:26,001 --> 00:30:27,710
as thoroughly as possible,
598
00:30:27,710 --> 00:30:29,835
because they're not safe
in Belgium.
599
00:30:29,835 --> 00:30:33,876
They know that Italy does
not have
600
00:30:34,043 --> 00:30:35,960
an extradition treaty
with Belgium.
601
00:30:36,085 --> 00:30:38,001
So if you commit
a crime in Belgium
602
00:30:38,001 --> 00:30:40,793
and you are residing in Italy,
you can't be brought back
603
00:30:40,918 --> 00:30:42,710
to Belgium to be tried for it.
604
00:30:42,876 --> 00:30:45,543
The job is not done yet.
605
00:30:45,668 --> 00:30:48,210
They need to put
as much distance
606
00:30:48,335 --> 00:30:50,918
between them and Antwerp
as humanly possible.
607
00:30:52,918 --> 00:30:54,585
The gang exits
the apartment, thrilled
608
00:30:54,710 --> 00:30:57,543
to be leaving Antwerp's
nearly empty diamond vault
609
00:30:57,543 --> 00:30:59,126
in their rearview mirror.
610
00:30:59,251 --> 00:31:02,085
Notarbartolo and Tavano
load the car
611
00:31:02,210 --> 00:31:04,460
with their share of the loot
plus the evidence
612
00:31:04,585 --> 00:31:06,001
they need to dump.
613
00:31:06,001 --> 00:31:08,293
They drive south,
gunning for the safety
614
00:31:08,418 --> 00:31:09,835
of the Italian border.
615
00:31:09,960 --> 00:31:12,293
But Speedy, well,
he can't quite shake
616
00:31:12,418 --> 00:31:14,751
the feeling
that there's something else
617
00:31:14,918 --> 00:31:17,376
in the rearview mirror.
618
00:31:17,376 --> 00:31:21,376
They have in their car
all of the evidence,
619
00:31:21,376 --> 00:31:24,001
which has to be just harrowing
to drive, like,
620
00:31:24,001 --> 00:31:25,543
with that in your back seat.
621
00:31:25,668 --> 00:31:28,501
And Tavano starts to crack
under the pressure.
622
00:31:28,501 --> 00:31:31,710
Speedy just wants
to get rid of everything.
623
00:31:31,710 --> 00:31:34,043
He doesn't care
where he does it.
624
00:31:34,043 --> 00:31:36,001
He just wants to get
rid of it right now.
625
00:31:36,126 --> 00:31:37,835
They're gonna pull
off the side of the road
626
00:31:37,960 --> 00:31:40,835
into a wooded area,
and Leonardo
627
00:31:40,835 --> 00:31:42,460
is going to find
the best place
628
00:31:42,585 --> 00:31:45,126
to burn this evidence.
629
00:31:45,251 --> 00:31:46,751
He finds a little shed
next to a pond
630
00:31:46,876 --> 00:31:49,501
and was like,
"We can do it here."
631
00:31:55,460 --> 00:31:57,293
But when he gets
back to his car,
632
00:31:57,418 --> 00:31:59,960
he's horrified,
because Speedy is just
633
00:32:00,085 --> 00:32:02,960
dumping trash out of the bag.
634
00:32:03,085 --> 00:32:06,668
That is the point where
Leonardo realizes
635
00:32:06,793 --> 00:32:09,293
this is, in fact,
far from over.
636
00:32:15,126 --> 00:32:16,918
Just 30 minutes
south of Antwerp,
637
00:32:17,043 --> 00:32:19,335
driving a car
full of evidence,
638
00:32:19,335 --> 00:32:24,085
Leonardo Notarbartolo's
old friend loses his cool.
639
00:32:24,210 --> 00:32:27,251
After pulling off
a perfectly executed heist,
640
00:32:27,376 --> 00:32:29,335
Speedy could be
throwing it all away.
641
00:32:29,335 --> 00:32:32,210
When Leonardo comes back
and he sees Speedy
642
00:32:32,335 --> 00:32:34,210
just throwing
trash everywhere,
643
00:32:34,210 --> 00:32:36,543
it just becomes too much.
644
00:32:36,543 --> 00:32:38,960
There's the tapes pulled out
of the surveillance cassettes
645
00:32:39,085 --> 00:32:40,501
hanging from the trees.
646
00:32:40,501 --> 00:32:42,835
There's documents
all over the ground.
647
00:32:42,835 --> 00:32:45,376
The only thing
that Leonardo can do
648
00:32:45,376 --> 00:32:48,043
is just help spread
it out even more.
649
00:32:48,168 --> 00:32:51,751
And by the time anyone
would stumble across it,
650
00:32:51,918 --> 00:32:53,960
it'll have been
deteriorated anyway.
651
00:32:54,085 --> 00:32:56,126
They just keep driving.
652
00:32:56,251 --> 00:32:59,376
The two man make it back
to Turin in one piece,
653
00:32:59,501 --> 00:33:02,335
though their friendship
is probably broken.
654
00:33:02,460 --> 00:33:04,918
For the moment, though,
Notarbartolo isn't worried
655
00:33:05,085 --> 00:33:06,418
about his relationships.
656
00:33:06,585 --> 00:33:07,710
He is ecstatic.
657
00:33:07,835 --> 00:33:09,376
They got away with it.
658
00:33:09,376 --> 00:33:12,918
Meanwhile, 650 miles
away, the Diamond Center
659
00:33:13,085 --> 00:33:16,043
is discovering
the impenetrable vault
660
00:33:16,043 --> 00:33:19,335
has been cracked wide open.
661
00:33:19,460 --> 00:33:21,668
The following Monday
after the heist,
662
00:33:21,793 --> 00:33:25,543
one of the concierges--
he walks into the vault,
663
00:33:25,668 --> 00:33:29,918
and he sees bags and diamonds
and jewels on the floor.
664
00:33:30,043 --> 00:33:32,918
The security
at the Diamond Center
665
00:33:33,043 --> 00:33:36,668
describe it as looking
like a bomb has gone off.
666
00:33:36,668 --> 00:33:39,710
The building security
immediately calls
667
00:33:39,710 --> 00:33:44,376
the SADA's specialized unit,
the Diamond Police.
668
00:33:44,501 --> 00:33:46,876
These guys are the best
of the best when it comes
669
00:33:46,876 --> 00:33:48,668
to crimes of this nature.
670
00:33:48,793 --> 00:33:52,835
Their entire job is just
catching diamond thieves.
671
00:33:52,960 --> 00:33:54,710
Once they arrive on the scene,
they immediately think
672
00:33:54,835 --> 00:33:56,335
it's an inside job.
673
00:33:56,335 --> 00:34:01,626
Every layer of defense
in this vault
674
00:34:01,751 --> 00:34:04,210
has been compromised.
675
00:34:04,210 --> 00:34:05,751
And then they go to look
at the tapes,
676
00:34:05,918 --> 00:34:08,335
and the tapes are gone.
677
00:34:08,335 --> 00:34:13,043
The investigators estimate
that about $100 million,
678
00:34:13,210 --> 00:34:16,460
on the low end, was stolen.
679
00:34:16,585 --> 00:34:19,001
Due to the nature
of safety deposit boxes
680
00:34:19,001 --> 00:34:20,335
and the fact that a lot
of times,
681
00:34:20,335 --> 00:34:21,876
people keep things in there
that they don't want
682
00:34:22,001 --> 00:34:24,168
other people to know about,
the real value
683
00:34:24,293 --> 00:34:26,043
is probably much higher.
684
00:34:26,168 --> 00:34:28,085
In today's dollars,
it could be
685
00:34:28,210 --> 00:34:30,501
over half a billion dollars.
686
00:34:30,501 --> 00:34:35,043
Around the same time, just
outside the city of Brussels,
687
00:34:35,168 --> 00:34:38,626
a retiree named
August Van Camp is taking
688
00:34:38,751 --> 00:34:42,210
a stroll through
a pristine patch of forest.
689
00:34:42,335 --> 00:34:44,418
He loves to go out in nature
and do his nature walks
690
00:34:44,543 --> 00:34:46,293
in the morning, but
people have been throwing
691
00:34:46,418 --> 00:34:47,710
garbage out there daily.
692
00:34:47,876 --> 00:34:49,335
And he's calling the police,
693
00:34:49,460 --> 00:34:51,543
saying people are throwing
garbage again,
694
00:34:51,668 --> 00:34:53,001
and they're like,
"Okay, Mr. Van Camp.
695
00:34:53,126 --> 00:34:54,376
We'll get it cleaned up."
696
00:34:54,543 --> 00:34:57,043
So on this day,
he sees garbage again,
697
00:34:57,168 --> 00:34:58,376
and he's like,
"These damn kids."
698
00:34:58,376 --> 00:35:00,460
But as he starts
to look closer,
699
00:35:00,585 --> 00:35:03,210
he sees papers that say
Antwerp Diamond Center.
700
00:35:03,335 --> 00:35:06,043
And his wife had told him
that there was a robbery
701
00:35:06,168 --> 00:35:08,335
in the Diamond Center
in Antwerp,
702
00:35:08,460 --> 00:35:10,543
and the rest,
as they say, is history.
703
00:35:12,751 --> 00:35:15,335
As the police start going
through the trash
704
00:35:15,460 --> 00:35:17,043
that is discovered
on the side of the road,
705
00:35:17,043 --> 00:35:19,418
they're amazed
at what they find.
706
00:35:19,543 --> 00:35:23,210
The investigators
find security footage
707
00:35:23,210 --> 00:35:25,376
from the Diamond Center.
708
00:35:25,501 --> 00:35:28,376
They take these tapes,
and they send them to Sony,
709
00:35:28,543 --> 00:35:33,085
but the tapes are so destroyed,
there's no usable evidence.
710
00:35:33,210 --> 00:35:36,335
The investigators
also find in this debris
711
00:35:36,460 --> 00:35:39,501
little emeralds that
are called pointers.
712
00:35:39,501 --> 00:35:42,460
Pointers are
the smaller accent gems
713
00:35:42,585 --> 00:35:45,168
around the main stone
in a piece of jewelry.
714
00:35:45,168 --> 00:35:47,710
It's easy to let a few
slip through your fingers.
715
00:35:47,710 --> 00:35:51,335
There's a business card
for The Genius himself
716
00:35:51,335 --> 00:35:53,293
and a fake work order
that he created
717
00:35:53,418 --> 00:35:55,376
for Notarbartolo's office.
718
00:35:55,501 --> 00:35:57,710
They also find
a half-eaten salami sandwich.
719
00:36:01,085 --> 00:36:04,918
The fake work order
for Notarbartolo's company
720
00:36:05,085 --> 00:36:06,793
causes the Diamond Police
to take
721
00:36:06,918 --> 00:36:08,501
a hard look at its owner.
722
00:36:08,626 --> 00:36:10,376
In all the years
that he was there,
723
00:36:10,376 --> 00:36:12,251
he never did any business.
724
00:36:12,418 --> 00:36:15,876
There is no record of him
transacting any business
725
00:36:16,043 --> 00:36:17,668
in the Diamond Center.
726
00:36:17,793 --> 00:36:20,376
And of all
the safe deposit boxes
727
00:36:20,376 --> 00:36:23,335
that were opened in the safe,
his was not.
728
00:36:23,335 --> 00:36:26,293
The Diamond Police are
convinced he has something
729
00:36:26,418 --> 00:36:28,376
to do with the crime,
but all they have
730
00:36:28,501 --> 00:36:30,710
is circumstantial evidence.
731
00:36:30,835 --> 00:36:33,835
And back in Turin,
he's untouchable
732
00:36:33,960 --> 00:36:35,793
by the Belgian authorities.
733
00:36:35,918 --> 00:36:39,335
In 2003, there is
no extradition treaty
734
00:36:39,460 --> 00:36:42,210
between Italy and Belgium,
735
00:36:42,210 --> 00:36:44,460
so they are essentially
scot free.
736
00:36:44,585 --> 00:36:46,710
But then,
less than a week later,
737
00:36:46,710 --> 00:36:50,210
a very confident
Leonardo Notarbartolo
738
00:36:50,210 --> 00:36:53,210
decides it's safe
to return to Antwerp
739
00:36:53,376 --> 00:36:55,585
to tie up a few loose ends.
740
00:36:55,751 --> 00:36:58,043
Five days later, he comes
back to the Diamond Center,
741
00:36:58,168 --> 00:36:59,793
thinking he's in the clear.
742
00:36:59,918 --> 00:37:01,710
Nobody knows it's him.
743
00:37:01,710 --> 00:37:05,043
He needs to vacate
his Antwerp apartment,
744
00:37:05,168 --> 00:37:07,168
and thinking it's
the best cover
745
00:37:07,168 --> 00:37:09,251
to keep his routine,
746
00:37:09,376 --> 00:37:12,376
he makes one more trip
to the Diamond Center.
747
00:37:12,501 --> 00:37:15,626
Notarbartolo arrives
back at the Diamond Center
748
00:37:15,751 --> 00:37:17,376
because he wants
to use his badge
749
00:37:17,501 --> 00:37:20,335
to create an electronic record
that he was there.
750
00:37:20,460 --> 00:37:22,126
He goes up to his office,
and after hanging out
751
00:37:22,251 --> 00:37:23,876
for a little bit,
he starts to try to leave
752
00:37:23,876 --> 00:37:25,376
so that he could badge out.
753
00:37:25,501 --> 00:37:28,710
But he's identified
by the building manager,
754
00:37:28,876 --> 00:37:32,210
and the manager basically
has to stall for time
755
00:37:32,335 --> 00:37:34,418
until the Diamond Police
can arrive.
756
00:37:34,543 --> 00:37:36,293
He's leaning heavily
on his greatest weapon,
757
00:37:36,418 --> 00:37:38,126
which is his charm.
758
00:37:38,251 --> 00:37:39,335
And he's just trying to play
it cool
759
00:37:39,335 --> 00:37:41,043
because at this point,
760
00:37:41,168 --> 00:37:43,210
he doesn't know
that they know.
761
00:37:43,335 --> 00:37:45,876
So when Notarbartolo
sees the police,
762
00:37:46,001 --> 00:37:47,876
his heart must have just sunk
to the floor.
763
00:37:48,001 --> 00:37:51,251
He realizes that he was
the one being played.
764
00:37:57,376 --> 00:37:59,210
After a perfectly executed heist
765
00:37:59,335 --> 00:38:01,293
and a near-perfect getaway,
766
00:38:01,418 --> 00:38:04,043
Leonardo Notarbartolo returns
767
00:38:04,168 --> 00:38:07,001
to the scene of the crime,
where he's confronted
768
00:38:07,126 --> 00:38:09,335
by the Diamond Police.
769
00:38:09,335 --> 00:38:11,543
He's gotta be feeling
the, you know,
770
00:38:11,710 --> 00:38:13,585
the rope tightening around him.
771
00:38:13,710 --> 00:38:15,418
They start asking
him questions.
772
00:38:15,543 --> 00:38:16,876
They're asking him
where his apartment was,
773
00:38:16,876 --> 00:38:18,418
because he had rented
his office in cash
774
00:38:18,543 --> 00:38:20,543
and never listed an address.
775
00:38:20,543 --> 00:38:23,543
Notarbartolo tries to stall
because his wife and friend
776
00:38:23,543 --> 00:38:25,501
are still cleaning out
the apartment,
777
00:38:25,501 --> 00:38:27,210
so he's trying
to buy them time.
778
00:38:27,376 --> 00:38:29,543
He draws it out as long
as he can,
779
00:38:29,668 --> 00:38:32,710
but eventually has to say
where his apartment is.
780
00:38:32,710 --> 00:38:35,543
While police grill
their prime suspect,
781
00:38:35,543 --> 00:38:39,710
another detachment
races to his apartment.
782
00:38:39,835 --> 00:38:41,710
They actually see
his wife and his friend
783
00:38:41,835 --> 00:38:44,376
pulling a carpet down
the stairs of the apartment.
784
00:38:44,501 --> 00:38:45,918
They immediately seize it.
785
00:38:46,043 --> 00:38:49,668
Investigators search
the flat and find
786
00:38:49,668 --> 00:38:51,876
three really important clues.
787
00:38:52,001 --> 00:38:55,210
They find the receipt
for the salami sandwich
788
00:38:55,210 --> 00:38:57,876
that they found
along the roadway.
789
00:38:58,001 --> 00:39:00,376
They find a SIM card
for one of the burner phones
790
00:39:00,543 --> 00:39:02,543
the crew used
during the heist.
791
00:39:02,543 --> 00:39:04,126
And while these
are burner phones,
792
00:39:04,251 --> 00:39:06,710
they didn't have names,
they did have phone numbers
793
00:39:06,835 --> 00:39:09,835
and geolocations
and exact time stamps
794
00:39:09,960 --> 00:39:12,543
for all of the calls
placed during the heist.
795
00:39:12,668 --> 00:39:16,335
And then they find
emerald pointers
796
00:39:16,460 --> 00:39:17,543
embedded in the carpet,
797
00:39:17,668 --> 00:39:19,501
which they then match
798
00:39:19,626 --> 00:39:21,460
to the emerald pointers
799
00:39:21,585 --> 00:39:23,626
they found along the highway.
800
00:39:23,751 --> 00:39:26,793
That same day,
with Notarbartolo
801
00:39:26,918 --> 00:39:30,626
in custody in Antwerp, Italian
investigators raid his home
802
00:39:30,751 --> 00:39:32,876
in Turin, under the pretense
that there
803
00:39:32,876 --> 00:39:34,751
may be illegal weapons
on the premises.
804
00:39:34,876 --> 00:39:38,543
In a safe,
they find 17 diamonds
805
00:39:38,543 --> 00:39:40,418
that are in blister packs.
806
00:39:40,543 --> 00:39:43,043
They also find
a diamond in an envelope
807
00:39:43,043 --> 00:39:46,793
with a serial number
that is an exact match
808
00:39:46,918 --> 00:39:50,876
to a diamond that was reported
stolen in the diamond heist.
809
00:39:51,043 --> 00:39:54,501
And that has Notarbartolo
dead to rights.
810
00:39:54,626 --> 00:39:57,751
Unfortunately, their warrant
only covered weapons,
811
00:39:57,876 --> 00:40:00,543
and so they weren't able
to seize any of that.
812
00:40:00,668 --> 00:40:03,043
And that was the last time
that law enforcement would see
813
00:40:03,168 --> 00:40:05,043
any of the loot ever again.
814
00:40:05,043 --> 00:40:08,210
With the evidence
from Antwerp and Turin,
815
00:40:08,210 --> 00:40:10,460
Notarbartolo is arrested.
816
00:40:10,585 --> 00:40:13,460
An ironclad case
is built against him,
817
00:40:13,585 --> 00:40:17,043
but he refuses
to rat out his accomplices.
818
00:40:17,210 --> 00:40:21,543
Even so, investigators
are able to follow the clues.
819
00:40:21,668 --> 00:40:23,168
The Genius is
linked to the crime
820
00:40:23,293 --> 00:40:26,710
because his business card
was found amongst the trash.
821
00:40:26,710 --> 00:40:30,043
The Monster--he's
actually linked to the crime
822
00:40:30,043 --> 00:40:32,876
through the receipt
for the salami sandwich.
823
00:40:33,043 --> 00:40:34,710
Using that receipt
with a time stamp,
824
00:40:34,876 --> 00:40:36,710
they're able
to go through and see
825
00:40:36,710 --> 00:40:38,418
the security camera footage.
826
00:40:38,543 --> 00:40:40,626
And there's
the unmistakable silhouette
827
00:40:40,751 --> 00:40:43,210
of The Monster
purchasing a meat platter.
828
00:40:43,335 --> 00:40:45,751
Speedy's linked to the crime
because his details
829
00:40:45,876 --> 00:40:49,543
are all over
the mobile phone SIM card.
830
00:40:49,710 --> 00:40:53,001
In addition, all of the men
involved in the crime
831
00:40:53,001 --> 00:40:55,543
left behind DNA evidence
either in the vault,
832
00:40:55,668 --> 00:40:57,376
in the trash
that was recovered,
833
00:40:57,376 --> 00:40:59,751
or in
Notarbartolo's apartment.
834
00:40:59,876 --> 00:41:03,251
The King of Keys has
never been identified.
835
00:41:03,376 --> 00:41:07,626
But DNA analysis
from the crime scene
836
00:41:07,751 --> 00:41:10,876
indicate that there is
another person
837
00:41:10,876 --> 00:41:14,626
that has not been brought
to justice.
838
00:41:16,460 --> 00:41:19,085
All four men are tried
and found guilty,
839
00:41:19,251 --> 00:41:21,460
but their sentences,
by American standards,
840
00:41:21,585 --> 00:41:23,543
are a slap on the wrist.
841
00:41:23,668 --> 00:41:26,168
In Belgium,
a nonviolent theft,
842
00:41:26,293 --> 00:41:27,626
which this was,
843
00:41:27,751 --> 00:41:30,335
the maximum sentence
is five years.
844
00:41:30,335 --> 00:41:32,626
Now, that's five years whether
you've stolen a loaf of bread
845
00:41:32,751 --> 00:41:36,585
or millions and millions
of dollars' worth of diamonds.
846
00:41:36,710 --> 00:41:40,585
Three of those people
served less than six months.
847
00:41:40,710 --> 00:41:43,710
Leonardo was released
after four years,
848
00:41:43,876 --> 00:41:47,251
but then violated his parole
and was then put back in jail
849
00:41:47,418 --> 00:41:49,043
for an extra two years.
850
00:41:49,168 --> 00:41:52,460
By 2009, everyone
involved in this heist
851
00:41:52,585 --> 00:41:55,626
is released from prison
on good behavior.
852
00:41:55,751 --> 00:41:57,710
The reason that we
are all captivated
853
00:41:57,876 --> 00:42:00,335
by the Antwerp Diamond Heist is,
854
00:42:00,335 --> 00:42:01,876
they actually got away
with it.
855
00:42:02,001 --> 00:42:04,835
Several people served
some prison sentence,
856
00:42:04,835 --> 00:42:07,668
but nobody has recovered
the hundreds of millions
857
00:42:07,793 --> 00:42:09,835
of dollars of diamonds.
858
00:42:09,835 --> 00:42:13,335
And to this day, we are
unlikely to ever really know
859
00:42:13,335 --> 00:42:15,168
where they went.
860
00:42:17,460 --> 00:42:19,210
Now, I'm not sure
what you think,
861
00:42:19,335 --> 00:42:21,543
but I suspect there are
a lot of people out there
862
00:42:21,668 --> 00:42:23,335
who would think
six months in prison
863
00:42:23,460 --> 00:42:26,335
would be worth it to get away
with the heist of the century.
864
00:42:26,460 --> 00:42:28,251
Pssh.
865
00:42:28,376 --> 00:42:31,876
We may never know where nearly
half a billion dollars of gems
866
00:42:32,043 --> 00:42:34,251
went, but thanks
to a smooth operator,
867
00:42:34,418 --> 00:42:35,751
a bona fide genius,
868
00:42:35,876 --> 00:42:37,543
a king, and a monster,
869
00:42:37,668 --> 00:42:40,585
the Antwerp World
Diamond Center robbery
870
00:42:40,710 --> 00:42:44,376
definitely ranks as one
of history's greatest heists.
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