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The Brink's-Mat robbery was one of the largest robberies in British history, with £26 million (equivalent to £111 million in 2023 [1]) worth of gold bullion, diamonds, and cash stolen. It occurred at the Heathrow International Trading Estate, London , on 26 November 1983, from a warehouse operated by Brink's-Mat, a former joint venture ...
Frank Gardiner (1830 – c. 1882) was an Australian bushranger who became notorious for his lead role in the largest gold heist in Australian history, at Eugowra, New South Wales in June 1862. Gardiner and his gang , which included bushrangers Ben Hall , John O'Meally and John Gilbert , made off with a pile of cash and 77 kilograms of gold ...
The group was nicknamed "The Stopwatch Gang" by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, because Reid was seen wearing a stopwatch around his neck while robbing the bank. [5] [6] They were known for non-violent methods and politeness to victims. [7] They successfully completed a $750,000 gold heist in 1974 from the Ottawa airport.
The largest heist was £291.9 million (equivalent to £840 million in 2023) [4] taken in the City bonds robbery, although Charles Darwin's notebooks (announced as having been most likely stolen in 2020) were never valued. The largest cash robbery was the Securitas depot robbery. The heists vary in location and form.
The largest gold heist in Canadian history was carried out with remarkable ease: A fraudulent shipping document for a load of farm-raised Scottish salmon was used to brazenly snatch $14.5 million ...
Police said nine people are facing charges in what authorities are calling the biggest gold theft in Canadian history from Toronto’s Pearson International airport a year ago. Peel Regional ...
Contemporary news illustration of Agar and Burgess in the guard's van, emptying the safes of the gold. The Great Gold Robbery took place on the night of 15 May 1855, when a routine shipment of three boxes of gold bullion and coins was stolen from the guard's van of the service between London Bridge station and Folkestone while it was being shipped to Paris.
Six people have been arrested in last year’s multimillion-dollar gold heist at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport, police in Canada and the US said Wednesday. Airline worker among six ...