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> But if you have a billion dollars of gold in your basement, you should be very, very paranoid. At close to 25 tonnes, and ~1.3m³, I'd like to see the enginee

by nly 12y ago

> But if you have a billion dollars of gold in your basement, you should be very, very paranoid. At close to 25 tonnes, and ~1.3m³, I'd like to see the engineering behind such a heist

jacquesm 12y ago
Kill occupants of building, move 1.3 cubic meters of gold in 30 trips with transport van. Now you have a few other problems, such as making sure that you're not going to end up in the same way. Besides surveillance cam footage recording your whereabout during part of your trip and the distance being fairly easily estimated if you do two trips in quick succession leading to a possible ID and or location of the stash. But getting it out of there is fairly easy if you lack a conscience and have a van. If you had access to a slightly larger truck it would be easier still.
- dredwerker 12y ago
  I believe all you need is several mini coopers.
  - rmetzler 12y ago
    I understand that reference.
- joshfraser 12y ago
  Procuring a "slightly larger truck" should be trivial given the value of the heist.
- alxndr 12y ago
  > getting it out of there is fairly easy if you lack a conscience and have a van new favorite HN quote
ctdonath 12y ago
Someone stole 6 million pounds of maple syrup from Canada's strategic reserves. http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-01-02/the-great-canadian-maple-syrup-heist http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-01-02/the-great-ca... I'm sure moving a couple cubic meters of gold isn't a problem if you're motivated.
- zhte415 12y ago
  The Global Strategic Maple Syrup Reserve, no less.
  - tim333 12y ago
    15 minutes frittered reading up on that one. Seems the guys set up in the same warehouse so they could have trucks coming and going for a year or so and set up a Maple Syrup dealers in a neighbouring state to ship it to. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/20/business/arrests-made-in-maple-syrup-theft-from-quebec-warehouse.html http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/20/business/arrests-made-in-m...
smm2000 12y ago
25 tonnes is not much... Five people can load it on two trucks in a few hours even without using any machinery.

by nly 12y ago

> But if you have a billion dollars of gold in your basement, you should be very, very paranoid. At close to 25 tonnes, and ~1.3m³, I'd like to see the engineering behind such a heist

jacquesm 12y ago

Kill occupants of building, move 1.3 cubic meters of gold in 30 trips with transport van. Now you have a few other problems, such as making sure that you're not going to end up in the same way. Besides surveillance cam footage recording your whereabout during part of your trip and the distance being fairly easily estimated if you do two trips in quick succession leading to a possible ID and or location of the stash. But getting it out of there is fairly easy if you lack a conscience and have a van. If you had access to a slightly larger truck it would be easier still.

dredwerker 12y ago
I believe all you need is several mini coopers.
- rmetzler 12y ago
  I understand that reference.
joshfraser 12y ago
Procuring a "slightly larger truck" should be trivial given the value of the heist.
alxndr 12y ago
> getting it out of there is fairly easy if you lack a conscience and have a van new favorite HN quote

ctdonath 12y ago

Someone stole 6 million pounds of maple syrup from Canada's strategic reserves. http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-01-02/the-great-canadian-maple-syrup-heist http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-01-02/the-great-ca... I'm sure moving a couple cubic meters of gold isn't a problem if you're motivated.

zhte415 12y ago
The Global Strategic Maple Syrup Reserve, no less.
- tim333 12y ago
  15 minutes frittered reading up on that one. Seems the guys set up in the same warehouse so they could have trucks coming and going for a year or so and set up a Maple Syrup dealers in a neighbouring state to ship it to. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/20/business/arrests-made-in-maple-syrup-theft-from-quebec-warehouse.html http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/20/business/arrests-made-in-m...

smm2000 12y ago

25 tonnes is not much... Five people can load it on two trucks in a few hours even without using any machinery.