Not all of them ended well for the robbers.
Theft and robbery — black spots in the history of modern mankind. Stealing is a sin, but some is still drawn the dubious romance of dishonest actions. Anyway, robbers often exhibited a kind of “successful” people — say, that a boy managed to circumvent the system. We decided to gather some of the most ambitious and the biggest robbery of the century: see, how it comes to the success of risk-takers.
The Saga Of Britisher
In the period from 1995 to 2001 Stefan Britisher managed to make 230 works of art from museums and exhibitions. It is approximately thirty-eight sites per year. For six years he was an impressive collection of works of art estimated cost of $ 1.4 billion on 7 January 2005 the bouncer caught and sentenced to just three years in prison. Stephen has served 18 months, was released and is writing his memoirs.
The sky with diamonds
February 18, 2013 eight masked gunmen robbed standing on the runway the plane. And belonged to this simple glider Antwerp world diamond center. Twenty minutes, a hundred and thirty bags of diamonds. Forwards looking so far.
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A Bit Of Bollywood
Chelembra Bank robbery in Kerala, India is considered to be one of the biggest Bank robbery in Indian history. In the early morning hours of 30 December 2007, the robbers made a hole in the floor of the Bank Kerala and made it through about eighty pounds of gold and five million rupees, the total amount of eighty million rupees. The criminals were arrested two months later.
Sadness the postman
August 14, 1962, two men stopped the truck addresses USA, who delivered the cargo to the Federal reserve Bank of Boston. $ 1.5 million in cash. The attackers had one rifle for two people — but now the guys will be able to equip in full.
Legendary robbery, D. B. Cooper
The nickname D. B. Cooper received an unknown man who managed to hijack a Boeing 727. Brave, very calm and polite person (so the robber was described by the crew), gave very specific instructions about air speed, angle of wings, etc., and then jumped out of a plane with bags full of money. Svobodaaa!
Carnival for thieves
According to most experts, breaking the Brazilian Banco Central can be considered one of the most advanced in the history of robberies. Using a complex legend, the enterprising citizens have organized a dummy company landscape design and a comfortable dug a tunnel under the Bank. Took about $ 70 million, but the police managed to catch eight of the thirty participants.
The robbery-Bangladesh
26 Jan 2014 Sonali Bank branch in Kishoreganj was robbed of 169 million Bangladeshi Taka. Two men dug a tunnel from standing at the door of the house. Simple, clever and easy to implement.
British gift
20 January 1976 the group associated with the Palestine liberation Organization, Yasser Arafat (PLO), used the chaos of the civil war in the country and broke into the vaults of the British Bank of the Middle East in Beirut. Police estimates the value of the loot in $ 60 million.