How the world's largest diamond heist actually worked, according to one of the would-be robbers

In 2000, Lee Wenham planned what would have been the world's largest jewel heist, targeting De Beers diamonds valued at more than $500 million.The plan involved a dramatic raid on London's Millennium Dome, an excavator, and a speedboat for the getaway. The Met Police's Flying Squad thwarted the operation, though, and arrested Wenham and his accomplices before they could get to the diamonds.Wenham opens up about his gang's meticulous planning, its surveillance, and the security around the gems.After leaving prison in May 2005, Wenham started a landscaping business. He was the subject of the Guy Ritchie Netflix documentary "The Diamond Heist" and wrote a memoir, "Diamond Gangster."For more, visit:https://www.amazon.co.uk/Diamond-Gangster-inside-million-Millennium/dp/1917439016https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090125140762Read the original article on Business Insider

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