17 Heists You Wont Believe Exist
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10 - As Easy as that… \r
4 Men pretending to be tourists, managed to steal the Madonna of the Yarnwinder – valued at $40million from Drumlanring castle in Scotland in 2003. The men used just an axe – thats it! The painting has been found!\r
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9 - Blame it on technology… \r
Theres a bit of controversy over the Baker Street Heist in 1971. A group of thieves blasted their way into a bank vault in London, by using a store as a front whist doing it. The men were using walkie-talkies to communicate, which was picked up via radio. The thieves managed to escape with $3 million, before the police could figure out which bank it was that was reported by the radio hobbyist who heard them. The controversy though, is that its believed the robbery was a cover-up and the thieves were hired to retrieve some damaging information about the Royal family. \r
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8- Diamonds are a girls best friend… \r
This heist was 3 years in the making. Leonardo Notarbartolo rented office space nearby the Antwerp Diamond Centre. Posing as a diamond merchant, he befriended everyone in the vicinity and came to know the staff of the Diamond Centre quite well. They eventually robbed the centre of $100 million of diamonds, and police still have no idea how theu surpassed the magnetic field, Doppler radar, infrared and seismic sensors!\r
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7 - Master of disguise… \r
IN new, 2 robbers managed to steal $40 million dollars worth of jewelry from Graff Diamonds in London. Having told an artist, they were performing in music video, the artist transformed the men into women, using prosthetics, wigs and layers of make-up – which took 4 hours to apply. The robbers were caught, but the jewels never to be seen again. \r
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6 - Easy Peasy… \r
Its hard to believe how this panned out – 4 men disguised themselves as employees of the KLM Royal Dutch Airline. They stole a KLM truck, then used that truck to ride to another KLM truck that had uncut diamonds to the value of $118 million inside. Im not sure how they managed to switch trucks, but they did – and managed to drive away having completed one of the biggest diamond heists in history.\r
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5 - The Makings of a Movie…\r
Remember theGoodfellas, well thewas based on this famous heist – the Lufthansa Raid. This was a carefully planned heist, and the thieves made off with around $20 million dollars. It took place at the John F Kennedy Airport, and none of the money or jewels were ever discovered. It got messy when people started getting caught, and didnt follow the plan properly. Then blackmail began and the mobs got involved. Many were killed amongst each other and now you understand why it had to be made into a !\r
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4 - All according to plan… \r
Valerio Viccei was a famous criminal in Italy. He moved to the UK to continue his crime wave spree. Their next target was the Knightsbridge safe deposit box, and he rented a safe deposit box there so he could gain access. Jul 27 1987, he and his friends successfully subdued staff and managers and ransacked the vault of $60 million. So how did he get caught? After the heist he returned to be fetch his beloved Ferrari.\r
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3 - Lack of money – the root of all evil! \r
As says Mark Twain – and these thieves knew it too. July 2007 the employees were shocked to dsicover that $282 million was missing from the vaults of the Dar Es Salaam Bank in Baghdad. Not much is known about the heist, as officials are pretty quiet – but its believed to be carried out by the guards who had connections to local military. \r
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2 - Its a Scream… \r
One of the most stolen pieces of art is The Scream. In 1994 it was stolen from Oslos Munch Museum, but the thieves werent able to extr a ransom for it and it was later discovered. It was then stolen again in 2004, where armed robbers literally pulled it right off the wall in front of other tourists! It was only recovered 2 years later and the thieves were caught. Its worth around 74.5 million dollars.\r
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1 - Very cheesy… \r
And just for fun, the worlds strangest heist has to be the Cheese heist of new. 42 000 pounds of Meunster cheese was stolen by Veniamin Balika with a street value of $200 000.00. Just as a matter of interest – cheese is one of the most stolen items in supermarkets.
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10 - As Easy as that… \r
4 Men pretending to be tourists, managed to steal the Madonna of the Yarnwinder – valued at $40million from Drumlanring castle in Scotland in 2003. The men used just an axe – thats it! The painting has been found!\r
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9 - Blame it on technology… \r
Theres a bit of controversy over the Baker Street Heist in 1971. A group of thieves blasted their way into a bank vault in London, by using a store as a front whist doing it. The men were using walkie-talkies to communicate, which was picked up via radio. The thieves managed to escape with $3 million, before the police could figure out which bank it was that was reported by the radio hobbyist who heard them. The controversy though, is that its believed the robbery was a cover-up and the thieves were hired to retrieve some damaging information about the Royal family. \r
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8- Diamonds are a girls best friend… \r
This heist was 3 years in the making. Leonardo Notarbartolo rented office space nearby the Antwerp Diamond Centre. Posing as a diamond merchant, he befriended everyone in the vicinity and came to know the staff of the Diamond Centre quite well. They eventually robbed the centre of $100 million of diamonds, and police still have no idea how theu surpassed the magnetic field, Doppler radar, infrared and seismic sensors!\r
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7 - Master of disguise… \r
IN new, 2 robbers managed to steal $40 million dollars worth of jewelry from Graff Diamonds in London. Having told an artist, they were performing in music video, the artist transformed the men into women, using prosthetics, wigs and layers of make-up – which took 4 hours to apply. The robbers were caught, but the jewels never to be seen again. \r
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6 - Easy Peasy… \r
Its hard to believe how this panned out – 4 men disguised themselves as employees of the KLM Royal Dutch Airline. They stole a KLM truck, then used that truck to ride to another KLM truck that had uncut diamonds to the value of $118 million inside. Im not sure how they managed to switch trucks, but they did – and managed to drive away having completed one of the biggest diamond heists in history.\r
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5 - The Makings of a Movie…\r
Remember theGoodfellas, well thewas based on this famous heist – the Lufthansa Raid. This was a carefully planned heist, and the thieves made off with around $20 million dollars. It took place at the John F Kennedy Airport, and none of the money or jewels were ever discovered. It got messy when people started getting caught, and didnt follow the plan properly. Then blackmail began and the mobs got involved. Many were killed amongst each other and now you understand why it had to be made into a !\r
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4 - All according to plan… \r
Valerio Viccei was a famous criminal in Italy. He moved to the UK to continue his crime wave spree. Their next target was the Knightsbridge safe deposit box, and he rented a safe deposit box there so he could gain access. Jul 27 1987, he and his friends successfully subdued staff and managers and ransacked the vault of $60 million. So how did he get caught? After the heist he returned to be fetch his beloved Ferrari.\r
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3 - Lack of money – the root of all evil! \r
As says Mark Twain – and these thieves knew it too. July 2007 the employees were shocked to dsicover that $282 million was missing from the vaults of the Dar Es Salaam Bank in Baghdad. Not much is known about the heist, as officials are pretty quiet – but its believed to be carried out by the guards who had connections to local military. \r
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2 - Its a Scream… \r
One of the most stolen pieces of art is The Scream. In 1994 it was stolen from Oslos Munch Museum, but the thieves werent able to extr a ransom for it and it was later discovered. It was then stolen again in 2004, where armed robbers literally pulled it right off the wall in front of other tourists! It was only recovered 2 years later and the thieves were caught. Its worth around 74.5 million dollars.\r
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1 - Very cheesy… \r
And just for fun, the worlds strangest heist has to be the Cheese heist of new. 42 000 pounds of Meunster cheese was stolen by Veniamin Balika with a street value of $200 000.00. Just as a matter of interest – cheese is one of the most stolen items in supermarkets.