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Top 10 Biggest Heists in Modern History
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Jan 15, 2025
Dive into the world of crime with the top 10 biggest heists in modern history. From bank robberies to art thefts, these daring criminals pulled off some of the most infamous heists.
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heists have always captivated the
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imagination with their mix of cunning
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audacity and sometimes luck from massive
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cash robberies to sophisticated cyber
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crimes these are the top 10 biggest
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heists in modern history one The Great
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Train Robbery 1963 United Kingdom this
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Infamous Heist saw a gang of 15 men rob
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a Royal Mail train making off with £ 2.6
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million equivalent to about $80 million
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today using only a tampered signal and
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no guns it became one of the most
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celebrated heists in history two the
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Isabella Stewart Gardener Museum Heist
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1990 USA two thieves disguised as police
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officers gained entry to the Boston
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Museum and stole 13 Priceless artworks
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including Pieces by vamir and rembrand
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the estimated value of the stolen art is
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over $500 million and the crime remains
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unsolved three the ANP Diamond Heist
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2003 Belgium dubbed The Heist of the
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century thieves broke into the antp
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Diamond Center stealing an estimated
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$100 million worth of diamonds gold and
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jewelry the sophisticated operation
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involved bypassing security systems and
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remains legendary four the banko Central
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Heist 2005 Brazil thieves tunneled into
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Bano Central's vault in Fort alzar and
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stole over $70 million in cash the gang
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spent months preparing renting a nearby
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property and digging a 256 ft long
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tunnel under the bank five the Hatton
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Garden Heist 2015 United Kingdom a group
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of elderly thieves nicknamed the bad
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grandpas drilled into a vault in
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London's jewelry district and stole over
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$20 million worth of jewelry and cash
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their age and old school tactics made
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the heist Infamous six The laner Heist
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1978 USA at New York's JFK Airport a
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group of Thieves associated with the mob
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stole $5 million in cash and nearly $1
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million in jewelry the crime inspired
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the movie Good Fellas and remains one of
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the largest cash thefts on American soil
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seven the Brinks map robbery 1983 United
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Kingdom a gang stole 26 million
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approximately $100 million today in gold
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bullion from a Heathrow Warehouse The
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Heist led to several murders and one of
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the most complex criminal investigations
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in British history eight the Bango ITA
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Heist 2011 Paraguay a gang drilled into
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the Vault of Bango ITA in suad de Estee
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stealing an estimated $40
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million they used high-tech equipment to
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bypass security systems and left behind
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little evidence nine the secures Depot
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Heist 2006 United Kingdom a gang
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kidnapped the Depot manager and his
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family to gain access to a cash storage
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facility making off with over £53
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million $92
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million despite the arrests of some
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participants a large portion of the
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money was never recovered 10 the Dunbar
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Armored Heist 1997 USA a meticulous
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Insider operation led by Alan Pace
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resulted in $1.9 million stolen from a
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Los Angeles cash Depot The Heist was
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nearly perfect but Pace's mistake of
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spending marked bills led to his capture
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these heists reveal the extent of human
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Ingenuity and risk-taking while some
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criminals were caught others Left Behind
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