As the second hand ticked, four men - three dressed as women with long blonde tresses, sunglasses and winter scarves - stood in front of an intercom and demurely requested to enter the deluxe Harry Winston jewelry store on Avenue Montaigne. The whirlwind started near closing time, a favorite moment for diamond thieves to strike. PARIS - Their timing was as impeccable as a tourbillon watch, a luxury timepiece whose name means whirlwind.Īnd after the diamond thieves disguised in women's wigs and flowing foulards had vanished, police detectives on several continents pondered a trail of more than €100 million in jewelry heists over the last four years and wondered whether the so-called Pink Panthers had struck again.
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