Two armed men held up a store selling luxury watches in the French Riviera resort of Cannes Wednesday, three days after a huge jewellery heist took place at a nearby hotel, a source close to the case said. …read more
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Police and staff at a French Riviera hotel are raising questions about security after $136 million in jewels was stolen by a single gunman who came in through a side door and walked out with the loot. …read more
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A state prosecutor says the organizer of a diamond exhibit and sale has more than doubled the estimated value of diamond jewelry stolen in a brazen weekend heist at a luxury hotel on the French Riviera — to some $136 million. …read more
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An armed man who burst into a hotel in the French Riviera resort of Cannes stole jewels worth around $136 million (103 million euros), prosecutors said Monday, in one of the world’s biggest jewellery thefts. …read more
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The launch of a new Volkswagen Golf is never a small thing, and things are already looking up for the subcompact hatchback after it was named 2013 World Car of the Year. While we’ve already seen the base and GTI versions of the next-generation Golf, now we’re getting our first look at the sportier Golf R.
Although this prototype wears GTI lettering on the front fenders, it’s more than just the roll cage and Sparco racing seat hinting that this is something a little more serious. Unlike the Golf and GTI, this car shows that the Golf R will continue to flaunt massive air intakes on each side of the fascia, and the rear of the car (though it’s hard to see) has quadruple exhaust outlets. We still don’t have an official word on power, but rumors indicate that the next Golf R could be pushing close to 300 horsepower, making it the most powerful production Golf ever. As much fun as we had during our first drive of the Golf R Cabriolet in the cold, snowy French Riviera last month, more power is a warming idea.
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Thieves have outwitted armed guards, alarm systems and even airport security over the years, making off with diamonds and other jewelry worth millions. In Brussels, thieves cut through an airport fence, drove to a Swiss-bound plane and snatched an estimated $50 million in diamonds late Monday.
Here are some other spectacular heists in recent memory:
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2005: Thieves threaten the guards and hijack an armored car from Dutch carrier KLM‘s cargo ramp at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport, making off with millions in diamonds and jewelry. Subsequent media reports put the value of the loot at up to $100 million. “It was a secured area of the airport, so it’s a big question how those people could get there,” an airline spokesman said at the time.
2003: Robbers tape over security cameras, disable the alarm system and break into the high-security underground vaults of the Diamond Center in Antwerp, the world capital of diamond-cutting, getting away with an estimated $100 million in goods. After prying open 123 of the 160 vaults, the thieves stood ankle-deep in a pile of diamonds, gold, jewelry, stocks, bonds, cash and lockboxes, police said. The bounty was so abundant they had to leave a lot behind.
2008: While Christmas shoppers stroll outside the posh Harry Winston jewelry shop near Paris‘ famed Champs-Elysees, armed thieves — some dressed as women and wearing wigs — enter the store and steal gems and jeweled watches worth up to $85 million, according to French police.
2009: Two elegantly dressed men rob the Graff Diamond Store in London‘s posh Mayfair district and carry away necklaces, watches, rings and bracelets worth more than >40 million ($62 million at today’s exchange rate), according to Scotland Yard.
1994: Machine-gun-toting thieves steal $45 million in gems from the Carlton Hotel in Cannes on the French Riviera.
2004: Twelve pieces of jewelry worth about $31.5 million, including the 125-carat “Comtesse de Vendome” diamond necklace, are stolen from a store in Tokyo’s Ginza district.
2007: 120,000 karats in diamonds, worth $28 million, are stolen from safe-deposit boxes in an ABN Amro bank in Antwerp, Belgium, according to police.
2008: Masked thieves drill a tunnel into jeweler Damiani’s showroom in Milan, Italy, making off …read more
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By Gary Walther, Contributor St. Barth is the last Caribbean island I would suspect of harboring a moderately priced hotel. The island is known for French Riviera level luxe, with prices to match. Even in summer, the low season (but one of the best times to go, in my opinion), the least expensive room at Hotel Guanahani, one of my favorite luxury properties, costs 386 Euros ($513 at the current exchange rate).
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