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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 ...
Valcambi, a Swiss precious metals refinery, wanted to ship 24 gold bars weighing in total 400 kilograms (880 lb) to the Toronto-Dominion Bank; the gold was then worth about C$21.1 million. (Authors of a June 2024 CBC News article point out that oft reported figure is substantially inaccurate based on heist day international gold trading; the ...
Leishman was the mastermind behind the largest gold theft in Canadian history. [1] This record stood for over 50 years, until it was surpassed by the Toronto Pearson airport heist in 2023. After being caught and arrested by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Leishman managed to escape twice, before being caught and serving the remainder ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Perth Mint. The Perth Mint Swindle was a robbery of 49 gold bars weighing 69 kilograms (152 pounds; 2,200 troy ounces) from the Perth Mint in Western Australia on 22 June 1982. . The bullion was valued at A$653,000 at that time (equivalent to $2,587,607 in 202