STORY: Antwerp, Belgium – one of the largest diamond trading hubs in the world – has a Russia problem. It was only a few weeks after Russian troops invaded Ukraine last year when diamond firms in ...
With its flat-fronted 1960s buildings and plain color scheme, Hoveniersstraat might be dismissed as one of the most drab streets in the pretty baroque Belgian city of Antwerp. In fact, it's one of the ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the world’s best hotels, restaurants and wine. Antwerp is not the only city that makes me think of bicycles galore, but ...
ANTWERP, Belgium — Authorities investigating a major jewel heist last month here in the diamond-trading capital of the world now estimate that the thieves got away with $100 million in gems. That ...
Led by Leonardo Notarbartolo, the men came to be known as the School of Turin, who operated under the aliases of Speedy, the Monster, the Genius and the King of Keys Four of the five men were caught ...
My 24-year-old son Gabriel lives 5,663 away in Brussels, Belgium; 5662 miles too far for a Jewish mother. Fortunately, I visited him this summer. Sadly Rabbi Zevi and Sara Ives, who Gabriel goes to ...
BRUSSELS — Eight masked gunmen forced their way through the security fence at Brussels’ international airport, drove onto the tarmac and snatched some $50 million worth of diamonds from the hold of a ...
The documentary, out on Netflix on Aug. 8, is based on the 2010 book Flawless: Inside the Largest Diamond Heist in History, which examines how the diamond thieves pulled off the heist and what led to ...