Smash & Grab: The Story of the Pink Panthers Page #3

and as I was involved,

I became part of the network.

Everybody has their specific job

to do, understand?

So we all depend on each other.

Those in the inner circle are called

family.

But you have guys who don't know who

their bosses or associates are.

You have to be in with them

for a long time dealing with these

kind of bigger jobs.

You get tips from your own

supervisor,

but there is also a wider

chain of command.

You never know where you stand in

the hierarchy,

because you never meet the boss.

You don't know this guy is the big

boss. There's no such thing.

No big boss.

You need a brain, knowledge.

And experience to do this work.

This means the jobs that we do and

the other gangs that do sex, drugs,

murder, they rarely cross over.

So, tell me,

what is it about the diamond?

I don't know why people spend

money on diamonds.

I don't suffer from this

showing off.

I have a Rolex, but as a souvenir.

But diamonds, nah, they don't

attract me.

For me, diamonds mean good cash.

Nothing else.

Not anyone can do this job.

You must be born to do it.

You must firstly trust in yourself...

..because if you are weak,

you can't do it.

Women in the Panthers have to

be...exceptional.

Exceptional.

I was extremely good looking.

30kgs less.

I had long red hair at the time.

Although I had frequent

transformations, very frequent.

I would be sometimes blonde,

sometimes brunette.

You can only have one in each gang.

And we have high requirements for

the women.

They have the leading roles.

They have to do the main job,

so they do the scouting,

they enter, they record

and they bring the plan.

That means the woman has to be

intelligent,

she has to be beautiful and she has

to love money.

The guys do a great majority of jobs.

But they also need a woman on their

team.

Everyone always thinks it's the men,

men, men.

But without woman nothing would be

done.

Lela has to be dressed in most

expensive clothes, you know?

Most elegant clothes, wearing

expensive jewellery.

Also to have her own chauffeur.

She had to act exactly like Madonna.

I had to look very powerful. It was

stuff by Burberry, then Chanel.

Whatever was in and whatever was

popular.

I wouldn't even know some of the

brands that existed.

But the stuff purchased, it was well

known that it was very expensive.

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ALARM BLARES:

So, how did it all begin?

In the beginning it was individuals.

Small shops, casinos.

We went where there was money, gold.

And eventually, jobs got bigger

and better.

When I was in Italy, I worked with

this guy from Kosovo.

Like his apprentice.

He could open a safe in two minutes.

We were together for four years

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