The Blue Diamond Affair
The Blue Diamond
Affair is a series of unresolved crimes and embittered diplomatic
relations triggered by the 1989 theft of gems belonging to the House of
Saud by a Thai employee. On 1 February 1990, three more Saudi diplomats
were murdered. The theft of precious jewels from a Saudi palace in 1989
set off a chain of killings and a diplomatic crisis. The theft of the
century! The famous Blue Diamond Affair! The jewel heist by a Thai
employee in a Saudi Arabian Prince’s palace continues to have shocking
repercussions. The object of analysis and speculation since 1989, it led
to murder and corruption, threatened diplomatic relations between the
two countries, and remains a mystery to this days. The Blue Diamond
Affair is a thrilling tale of venality and greed that left a stunning
amount of damage in its wake. Having pored over every detail of this
complex intrigue, the author lays out the facts and draws new
conclusions, with insights to relaunch the debate on what really
happened.
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