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Dull non-fiction effort by the otherwise great James Bond author Ian Fleming. With no story to speak of, "The Diamond Smugglers" mainly features a series of anecdotes taken from Fleming's real-life conversations with a British agent who oversaw a spy network in Africa in order to plug the enormous leak in the illicit diamond smuggling trade.
Jul 11, 2017 · Ian Fleming. Valmy Publishing, Jul 11, 2017 - History - 95 pages. HAILED BY THE PRESS AS: “THE GREATEST SPY STORY SINCE WORLD WAR II” The chilling, spy-studded story of a carefully organized,...
The Diamond Smugglers is the true story of an operation responsible for smuggling millions of pounds worth of precious gems out of Africa. Ian Fleming, creator of James Bond, drew on interviews with the reluctant hero of the diamond companies’ counter-attack to explore the world of the real master criminals of his time.
Jul 19, 2016 · A major campaign against the greatest smuggling racket in the world—the smuggling of diamonds from Africa, to the tune of some ten million pounds a year—has just been completed. It took three years. Paris was involved and Antwerp, Beirut, Freetown, Johannesburg—and Moscow.
Apr 4, 2013 · Ian Fleming, creator of James Bond, drew on interviews with the reluctant hero of the diamond companies’ counter-attack to explore the world of the real master criminals of his time.The...
Aug 6, 2024 · Aided by an ex-MI5 agent and International Diamond Security Organization operative going by the alias “John Blaize,” Fleming chronicled the IDSO’s infiltration of the “million-carat network”―the world’s most notorious diamond smuggling ring.
'The Diamond Smugglers' is the true story of an operation responsible for smuggling millions of pounds worth of precious gems out of Africa. Ian Fleming, creator of James...
