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There's still the occasional massive European airport heist http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/robbers-seize-50m-in-diamonds-from-plane-in-brussels/stor
by pakled_engineer 11y ago
There's still the occasional massive European airport heist http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/robbers-seize-50m-in-diamonds-from-plane-in-brussels/story-e6frg6so-1226581510442 http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/robbers-seize-50m... and other airport heists http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-28770199 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-28770199
Big heists don't happen as much mainly due to benefit denial. Banks and armored cars don't carry the kinds of cash they used to, so robbing them isn't worth the risk, however it still is worth robbing an airport or shipping docks if you have inside help so that crime persists.
Here most advanced criminals just get into money laundering or counterfeiting, like that guy who served exactly zero time in prison for being caught with 100s of millions worth of phony USD http://www.gq.com/long-form/the-great-paper-caper http://www.gq.com/long-form/the-great-paper-caper
- DrScump 11y agoSpeaking of airport heists, the infamous Lufthansa heist was featured in three different feature films, including Goodfellas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lufthansa_heist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lufthansa_heist
- LaurentVB 11y agoAt least for the Brussels one: the heist happened and was quite impressive, but the burglars didn't get away with it. They were caught pretty rapidly, weren't they?
- pakled_engineer 11y agoTook about 2 years to catch them all but that was only due to the criminals having no idea how to fence their stolen loot http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/spectacular-30m-jewel-heist-ends-in-farce-as-bungled-attempts-to-get-rid-of-gems-leads-to-arrest-of-8662354.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/spectacular-3...