The Diamond Smugglers
Origianlly published: 1957
A new edition with an introduction by Fergus Fleming published: 2009
Original Summary of the Plot
A major campaign against the greatest smuggling racket in the world - the smuggling of diamonds from Africa, to the tune of some ten million pounds a year - has just been completed. It took three years, Paris was involved and Antwerp, Beirut, Freetown, Johannesburg - and Moscow.
How this underground battle was waged is the greatest spy story since the war.
All the facts have come to the hands of Ian Fleming. He has been in Africa with the secret agent chiefly responsible for penetrating the international smuggling network. Ian Fleming has written this man's story: it is a true story, and breathtaking." From the original jacket copy of the Jonathan Cape edition
"The million carat network...That was the name given by the men of the International Diamond Security Organisation to a fantastic smuggling racket which spirited away ten million pounds' worth of diamonds from Africa every year. Buy from the Ian Fleming Shop
That was the challenge which faced ex-MI5 Chief, Sir Percy Sillitoe and his private anti-smuggling squad.
From the jacket copy of the Pan edition
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