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The thieves used a long two-part, three-dimensional key to open the vault door along with its combination. [1] Before opening the vault, they turned off the lights. [2] To avoid detection by the infrared sensor in the vault, a thief used a polystyrene shield to block his thermal signature and secured the shield in front of the sensor. [1]
He has also been called "one of the most prolific and successful art thieves who have ever lived", [3] and "one of the greatest art thieves of all time". [4] His thefts resulted in the destruction of many works of art, destroyed by his family to conceal evidence of his crimes. [5] He differs from most other art thieves in that most of his ...
Theft of the Portland Tiara: Harley Gallery, Nottinghamshire £3.75 million [53] £4.8 million 2019 Theft of America: Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire £4.6 million [54] £5.8 million 2019 Le Vian diamond robbery Staines-upon-Thames, Surrey £4.1 million [55] £5.1 million 2020 Tamara Ecclestone jewellery theft Kensington, London
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 ...
On 24 November and 1 December 2003, Channel 4 broadcast Brinks Mat: The Greatest Heist, two-part documentary of the raid in its Secret History strand. [ 71 ] In 2007, Will Pearson published the book Death Warrant: Kenneth Noye, the Brink's-Mat Robbery And The Gold that provides a captivating account of the heist, chase and convictions as well ...
The theft of valuable metals, mainly lead, from church roofs – which increased by 41% during the Covid pandemic lockdowns – has fallen, with the crime dropping by 26.2% between January and ...
The largest art theft in world history occurred in Boston on March 18, 1990, when thieves stole 13 pieces, collectively valued at $500 million, from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Among the pieces stolen was Vermeer's The Concert, which is considered to be the most valuable stolen painting in the world. A reward of $10,000,000 is still ...
In 1987, Labh Singh (Sukhdev Singh Sukha) allegedly masterminded [7] what was at that time the largest bank robbery in Indian history, netting almost 60 million (58 million rupees-US$4.5 million) from Millar Ganj branch of Punjab National Bank, Ludhiana; [7] a part of this stolen money belonged to the Reserve Bank of India, India's central bank.