"The Diamond District was a bunch of wolves and he was a sheep, " Isaac said.

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Monday's heist involved a transfer of diamonds from the Antwerp diamond district to the Brussels airport.

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On New Year's Eve 2008 , two armed men casually walked into a shop called Dialite Imports, one of New York's diamond district shops.

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In the 2003 heist, the vault was thought to be impregnable in part because of the surrounding high security of the Antwerp diamond district.

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Antwerp's diamond district, much like Brussels' airport, has hundreds of closed circuit cameras, armed guards and barriers against unauthorized vehicles as part of its security measures.

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She procured chains, pendants, dinnerware, candlesticks and other objects from the 47th Street diamond district while still living in New York around 2007, before the gold market skyrocketed.

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When I wrote my first column about the jeweler, I remember his other son Isaac, a lawyer, telling me that the family wanted Mr. Abraham to leave the Diamond District, where he'd worked for many years before moving to the Upper East Side.

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Other assets include a polished diamond trading venture in Antwerp, a real estate company in Luxembourg that holds properties in London's tony Mayfair district, and a stake in a South African diamond wholesaler.

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The aviation firm is the second largest business ratepayer in the district and occupies the 18-acre Diamond Hangar at Stansted Airport.

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Two prominent Southern California Republicans have filed to face him: state Rep. Gary Miller, who represents Diamond Bar and surrounding communities, and Orange County Deputy District Attorney Peter Pierce.

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