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Start. brooke? >> phil, thank you. larry, let me bring you in former jewel thief and author of "gangster redemption." youre an ex-con one of the biggest jewel robbers in the u.s. you spent more than a decade in federal prison but youre now a motivational speaker and talking about young people avoiding a life of crime and incarceration. youre the perfect person to talk to about this. when you hear all these details, how big, how complicated was this job in london? >> well obviously it was complic...

Through the safe deposit boxes. phil black has the latest. >> reporter: london police have confirmed there is a communal elevator shaft running through the building that contains the safe deposit company. they say they disabled that elevator at the second floor and from there climbed down into the basement level, which is why the vault is. they got through the other door, got to the vault and at that point they used a high-powered drill to bore through a two-meter thick wall. they did that enoug...

Dropping down to the base where they used heavy cutting machinery to break through an 18-inch, reinforced metal door to the vault. breaking in to 60 to 70 deposit boxes. james riley has been inside the vault where the goods were taken. >> im sure they planned exactly what they were going to steal. >> reporter: it could be out of the film "bank job" where london robbers dig a tunnel to reach their loot. through the doors and downstairs is where the vault is. whoever did this knew the location int...

Phil, this was really amazing. >> reporter: elaborate and audacious. old school style heist in the heart of the diamond district of london. targeting the most secure location. underground vault filled with safe deposit boxes. the methodology was brilliant. smashing through the roof and going through floors and cutting their way through the secure doors and then start to get to the safe deposit boxes. they had a lot of time. this took place over the easter long weekend in london. that is a potent...

Dropping down to the base where they used heavy cutting machinery to break through an 18-inch, reinforced metal door to the vault. breaking in to 60 to 70 deposit boxes. james riley has been inside the vault where the goods were taken. >> im sure they planned exactly what they were going to steal. >> reporter: it could be out of the film "bank job" where london robbers dig a tunnel to reach their loot. through the doors and downstairs is where the vault is. whoever did this knew the location int...

Defense contractors. they were to insinuate themselves, become friends with people who worked in the government, friends of administration officials, congressional staffers, government contractors, and try to identify people who might be recruits or who might be sources of intelligence. and clearly the government has been on -- the u.s. has been on this for a long time. some of these court documents suggest theyve been investigating these people for as much as ten years, andrea. they put cameras...