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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 2006 Securitas depot robbery in Tonbridge, England, was the UK's largest cash heist.It began with a kidnapping on the evening of 21 February 2006 and ended in the early hours of 22 February, when seven criminals stole almost £53 million.
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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...