Not everyone in law enforcement starts out as a police officer.
Take FBI Special Agent Dan McCaffrey – recently profiled in the New York Daily News - who was familiar with a jeweler’s loupe long before he wore a badge.
Although he comes from a family of cops, McCaffrey’s first job was with the luxury jeweler Tiffany & Co, where he gained expertise in gemstones and diamonds and made his way up the ladder to serve as director of operations.
Eventually, he began working with the FBI to help solve large-scale jewelry thefts, such as the case of $14 million of loose diamonds that went missing in Belgium. McCaffrey tracked the stolen stones back to a diamond dealer on 47th St, arrested the perpetrators, and personally flew the merchandise back to Belgium.
Another case McCaffrey brought to a successful close was that of a 19-carat diamond stolen from a courier and eventually resurfaced at Cartier’s New York maison, which has been commissioned by a Russian businessman to set the stone as a diamond necklace.
Despite his Irish name, McCaffrey speaks both Spanish and Yiddish, which he says is a great help in navigating the ins and outs of the diamond trade.
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