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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 London Metropolitan 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 the meticulous planning, the gang, the surveillance, the getaway vehicle, 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."

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00:00 – Introduction
00:33 – The Safe House
02:12 – The Stakeout
05:52 – The Tools
10:23 – The Money
12:09 – The Heist
15:00 – The Bust
18:01 – The Aylesford Robbery
20:19 – Inside Prison
24:11 – The Aftermath
26:55 – The Backstory
34:13 – The Future
36:21 – Credits

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