Diamond Heist Trial Resumes: $40 Million Airport Robbery Case Back in Brussels Court

The facts date back to February 18, 2013, when eight masked and armed individuals disembarked on the tarmac of Brussels airport and approached a Swiss airline plane, which was transporting a valuable cargo escorted by the security company Brink’s. Despite their arrest and trial before the Brussels Court of First Instance, all the accused were acquitted for lack of evidence. The public prosecutor’s office, however, appealed,