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Quick: $50M Brussels Airport Diamond Heist: Will suspects be arrested before the end of February?

Quick: $50M Brussels Airport Diamond Heist: Will suspects be arrested before the end of February?

Asked by: Super Userkruijs in General » Crime
Settled on 03/03/2013 16:13 Settled by Super Userkruijs
Winning option:No G4S International Logistics is pleased to confirm that all the losses from the Brussels Airport robbery that occurred last week, on Monday February 18, 2013, were paid in full within four days of the robbery on February 22.

http://www.diamonds.net/news/NewsItem.aspx?ArticleID=42454

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As 29 passengers sat aboard a Zurich-bound flight here Monday evening waiting for the last bags to be loaded, gunmen wearing police uniforms raced up to the plane and stole more than 120 packages of diamonds worth at least $50 million, and possibly much more.

Some of the eight masked robbers stood in front of the Helvetic Airways jet plane with machine guns, pointing laser sights at the pilots, while others forced ground workers to open the plane's cargo doors, according to Belgian prosecutors and other people familiar with the events.

The thieves snatched the parcels of jewels and sped off in minutes without firing a shot, said Belgian prosecutor Ine Van Wymersch. Many travelers on the plane and inside the terminal didn't know what was happening. "It was well-prepared and very professional," she said.

The theft rattled Antwerp, a world hub for trading in gems and precious metals. Nearly all of those valuables pass through Brussels Airport.

The thieves appeared to have detailed information about both the cargo and operations at the airport, and likely had help from people at the airport, according to an aviation-security specialist knowledgeable about the incident. Since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, international law-enforcement officials have been concerned about security threats posed by people working inside airports and other sensitive facilities.

"It wasn't something you'd expect to see in real life," said Brussels Airport spokesman Jan Van der Cruysse. "It was something you'd see in the movies."

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323495104578313523821463276.html

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   Super Userkruijs

Authorities in three countries have arrested 31 people in connection with a spectacular diamond heist in February that saw robbers disguised as police steal an estimated $50 million worth of gemstones from a parked plane on a Belgian airport runway.

Anja Bijnens in the Brussels prosecutor’s office said Wednesday that at least some of the diamonds were recovered in Switzerland as well as a stash of money in Belgium. Police arrested 24 people in Belgium on Wednesday morning, plus one person in France and six others in Switzerland on Tuesday, authorities said.

The almost movie-like robbery was one of the most daring in years, a lightning-fast operation that was over before passengers aboard the plane had any idea of what had happened.

http://www.latimes.com/news/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-authorities-arrest-31-in-diamond-heist-20130508,0,1030723.story

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