One of the jewels belonging to the Israeli billionaire Lev Leviev. The jewels were on display last month at the same hotel featured in Alfred Hitchcock’s “To Catch a Thief” when a gunman walked in to the ground floor show, threatened the handful of unarmed guards, and then disappeared down a side street with the $136 million cache, police have said.
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Jeweled ring, part of the $136 million jewel theft.
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Jeweled necklace, part of the $136 million jewel theft.
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Jeweled ring, part of the $136 million jewel theft.
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Jeweled necklace, part of the $136 million jewel theft.
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Jeweled necklace, part of the $136 million jewel theft.
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The Carlton Intercontinental Hotel in Cannes where one of Europe’s biggest jewelry heists took place.
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Lev Leviev, left, is accusing his business partners of freezing him out of three highly lucrative gem companies.
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