re: True Detective - S2:E7 - "Black Maps and Hotel Rooms"

the reason VV needs diamonds is because historically diamonds are considered international currency. And he would rather have diamonds than dollars when he flees the country. Plus I assume diamonds are also easier to conceal than $12 mil in cash. If you drop the Jewish Jeweler's cut of the transaction...that leaves $7.2 Millions worth of diamonds that VV's wife has to cram up her snatch and anus.