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Aug 2022
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Inside Australia's Most Elaborate Diamon...

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In the 1980s, up to $50 million of Argyle Pink Diamonds were smuggled out of one of the world’s most secure mines, seemingly without anyone noticing.

The gems were dispersed from Western Australia around the world to Hong Kong, New York and Switzerland with only a few ever recovered. 

Journalist Sinead Mangan joins Gemma Bath this week to discuss her investigation into this previously unsolved case.

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Guest: Sinead Mangan

You can hear Sinead's full investigation of this case, including first-hand interviews with those closest to the case in her podcast EXPANSE: Pink Diamond Heist 

Host: Gemma Bath

Executive Producer: Gia Moylan

Audio Producer: Rhiannon Mooney

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