Belgian diamond theft might be largest in history

Wednesday, February 19, 2003

BRUSSELS, Belgium -- Thieves emptied more than 100 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.

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