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. On the gemstone ...

Stolen Antwerp Diamonds Still Missing. By ABC News. February 12, ... It happened in the Belgian city's diamond district — hub of the world's diamond trade — at the Diamond Center, ...

The Antwerp diamond heist required 18 months of preparation, including intense surveillance operations (using camera pens) and the heist's mastermind, Leonardo Notarbartolo, disguising himself as ...

It’s rather like watching one of those old 1950s MGM travelogues, for if you stay in the center of Antwerp, you’ll have much the same sense of a populace not in a rush to get anywhere fast.

Thieves emptied 123 of 160 vaults over the weekend at a Belgian diamond-trading center in what officials said might be the largest theft ever in Antwerp, the gem-trading capital of the world.

In 2003, $100 million worth of diamonds were snatched from Antwerp Diamond Center It was just like a scene from the Alfred Hitchcock crime caper “To Catch a Thief.” The same hotel. The sparkly ...

Thieves emptied 123 vaults at a diamond-trading center in what officials said might be the largest theft ever in Antwerp, the gem-trading capital of the world. Authorities were trying Tuesday to de… ...

They were accused of breaking into the Antwerp Diamond Center’s supersecure vault and stealing $100 million in diamonds, gold and jewelry. The loot was never found, but their trash was.

After Russia invaded Ukraine, diamond dealers in Antwerp, Belgium were asked to boycott stones traced to Russia - a major supplier. Now, Western powers want to make the boycott official with a ...

Brussels is not very Jewish, but nearby Antwerp has 15,000 Hasidic Jews who live and dominate the diamond industry. This Flemish city is a trading center for 85% of the world’s rough diamonds ...