5 jewelry heists

Sunday's diamond jewelry theft in France may be the largest such heist in recent history. Here are some others:

1) December 2008: Thieves, some dressed as women, steal $118 million in jewelry from the Harry Winston store in Paris.

2) February 2008: Masked thieves drill a tunnel into the Damiani showroom in Milan, Italy, making off with an estimated $20 million in gold, diamonds and rubies.

3) March 2007: 120,000 karats in diamonds are stolen from open safe-deposit boxes in Antwerp.

4) March 2004: Twelve pieces of jewelry worth about $31.5 million are stolen from a store in Tokyo.

5) August 1994: Thieves armed with machine guns take $45 million in gems from the Carlton Hotel in Cannes.

AP

Linoro Gioielli