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heist!
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| the pink panther gang... |
| posted by: publius |
12:01 8.24.10 |
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/aug/23/pink-panther-jewel-thieves
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| stealing the world cup(s)... |
| posted by: publius |
14:22 6.30.10 |
or at least replicas...
http://g.sports.yahoo.com/soccer/world-cup/news/crazy-tales-of-the-world-cup-trophy--fbintl_dw-worldcuptrophy063010.html
best line:
"The World Cup is the most famous trophy on earth. Other contenders include the Olympic gold medal, Nobel Prize, Stanley Cup and Posh Spice." |
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| two things make this heist-related story interesting... |
| posted by: publius |
10:13 2.18.10 |
1. apparently this guy "escaped" by simply walking out of court at lunchtime and not coming back.
2. as of now there have been 3 criminal trials for the folks allegedly responsible for this heist at a cost of 20M pounds. this for a heist which netted 1.75M pounds.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/feb/18/suspected-armed-robber-heathrow-warehouse-heist
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| this story is only posted here... |
| posted by: publius |
22:02 2.1.10 |
because it features a drunk 78 year old rip torn breaking into a bank...
it's not really a heist, but it is pretty entertaining...
http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/Movies/02/01/rip.torn.arrest/index.html
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| well not really.... |
| posted by: publius |
20:16 10.22.09 |
but the storyline of a doddering old english bishop throwing gold and silver he had accumulated over a lifetime is truly fascinating...and i didn't see any need to start a "treasure seekers" thread...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2009/oct/22/durham-cathedral-divers-sunken-treasure |
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| swedes...who knew? |
| posted by: publius |
12:03 9.23.09 |
never realized sweden was such a hotbed of heistdom...you definitely get extra points for utilizing a helicopter in your heist and preventing the swedish swat forces from countering with their own...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/sep/23/sweden-helicopter-gang-robbery-cash |
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| russian oligarchs |
| posted by: ludwig |
12:16 9.22.09 |
This is not a heist. Indeed, it's a host of anti-heist devices. Very expensive ones at that. The article says that the yacht will be fitted with what I presume are sea to sea missiles. Presumably some governments frown on, and impose restrictions on, arming private ships with weapon systems. At what point do you cross from protecting a wealthy billionaire to posing a threat to sea commerce. It would not be too crazy to think that such a yacht, should it be sued for offensive instead of defensive purposes, could wreak havoc in crucial harbors in, say, NY, Singapore, Amsterdam, etc.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article6841380.ece |
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| israel.. |
| posted by: simplicissimus |
23:56 8.31.09 |
still heisty after all these years?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20090831/wl_time/08599191934200 |
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| nice.... |
| posted by: publius |
13:24 8.11.09 |
| http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article6792217.ece |
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| both |
| posted by: simplicissimus |
14:33 7.21.09 |
| the fact that it's *unsolved* puts it over the top in my book. |
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| not sure where to post this |
| posted by: hlk_rumsey |
14:20 7.21.09 |
Heist or RAT's?
http://www.ksdk.com/news/national/story.aspx?storyid=180614&catid=28
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| a heist... |
| posted by: publius |
08:25 4.14.09 |
involving picasso, appolinaire and the mona lisa...what more could you ask for? talking monkeys?
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/visual_arts/article6067646.ece |
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| getting caught 22 years down the line... |
| posted by: publius |
14:14 3.8.09 |
definitely means you're going to get shit from all the other heisters in the neighborhood...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_netherlands_paintings_recovered |
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| Cross dressing heist |
| posted by: ludwig |
10:09 12.5.08 |
Has anyone seen Jason Statham, because I'm 99% sure that he was involved in this.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1092186/Armed-robbers-drag-steal-70m-jewellery-Paris-store-ONE-minute-Europes-biggest-heists.html?ITO=1490
Armed robbers - some dressed as women - escaped with up to £70million worth of jewellery in Paris in one Europe's biggest ever heists.
As many as four masked men wielding sawn-off shotguns stormed into the exclusive Harry Winston jewellers in a high-speed raid described by detectives as 'terrifyingly efficient'.
While two robbers ordered petrified staff fill a sack with precious gems and watches from the window display cases, another marched the manager to the store's hidden safe.
There is confusion about how long they took with one estimate claiming they carried it out in under a minute.
The men then vanished on powerful motorbikes parked close to the shop in the city's upmarket Avenue Montaigne.
Harry Winston, known as the 'jeweller to the stars', became a household name in 1953 when it appeared on the Marilyn Monroe song 'Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend', in the movie 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes'.
Reeling off a list of top jewellers, Marilyn sings with a flourish: 'Talk to me, Harry Winston, tell me all about it!'
The raid at 5.30pm yesterday was one the most lucrative armed holds-ups in France for 'several decades', a Paris police spokesman said.
He added: 'It was ruthless, efficient and very very quick. They threatened the staff with shotguns and knew exactly what they wanted to steal.
'Luckily no one was injured in the raid and no shots were fired. Then they escaped quickly with a very very large amount of jewellery.'
Enlarge The world-famous Hope Diamond was acquired by Harry Winston in 1949. He later donated it to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.
The world-famous Hope Diamond was acquired by Harry Winston in 1949. He later donated it to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.
Detectives are now examining CCTV footage in an attempt to determine the identity of the three men, who were all wearing dark stocking masks over their faces.
The spokesman added: 'A major operation is under way to finds these men and recover the stolen items, many of which would be highly recognisable if sold on the open market.'
The same Harry Winston store was raided almost one year ago, on December 6, when robbers escaped with jewels worth around £7million.
The store's insurance company afterwards offered a reward of £350,000 to anyone who could recover the stolen gems, but they were never returned.
Harry Winston is the celebrity jeweller of choice for the Academy Awards, with actresses such as Halle Berry and Jennifer Lopez dazzling onlookers with the gems on the red carpet.
Winston himself has been dubbed the 'jeweller to the stars'. He was an American who made his name in the mid-twentieth century with his wares - as well as acquiring the world-famous Hope Diamond, a 45.5 carat diamond, in 1949.
He donated the gem to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington in 1958.
The jeweller operates stores across the globe. |
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| More pirates... |
| posted by: rabble-rouser |
15:56 11.18.08 |
fucking with the Saudis. Arrrr.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e10892ba-b4a8-11dd-b780-0000779fd18c.html
"The attack marked a significant escalation in the scope of banditry in the region."
Kick ass.
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| i wasn't sold... |
| posted by: simplicissimus |
00:01 9.17.08 |
until the grappling hooks.
isn't it safe to presume that any operation utilizing grappling hooks is the equivalent, if not the equal, of a good heist.
are the frogs the new brits when it comes to fighting pirates? methinks so. |
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| while not a heist |
| posted by: ludwig |
17:42 9.16.08 |
a rescue operation involving frogmen, aqualungs that produce no bubbles, and grappling hooks belongs in such a thread.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article4765041.ece
This is the second time that the French Special Forces have come in a whompin' and a whuppin' against Somali pirates. Are they the only ones taking it to mattresses against the pirates? |
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| no country for old men? |
| posted by: simplicissimus |
08:32 7.28.08 |
| http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080728/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/buried_millions |
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| the old tunnel trick |
| posted by: ludwig |
07:38 2.26.08 |
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article3433384.ece
Diamond thieves steal £10m as owners host Oscars party
Richard Owen in Rome
Thieves broke into the showroom of an Italian jeweller favoured by Hollywood stars and stole items worth up to £10 million while its owners were in Los Angeles hosting a party to celebrate the Oscars.
The heist, which took place at the Damiani showroom in Milan’s fashion district on Sunday morning, was compared yesterday with the “perfect robberies” in films such as Ocean’s Eleven and The Italian Job.
The gang had spent more than a month digging a tunnel from a disused cellar in an adjoining building. Police said that the drilling had been heard for weeks but was presumed to be part of continuing building works next door. The four thieves, dressed in balaclavas, sunglasses and fake uniforms of the Guardia di Finanza, used an internal staircase to reach the first floor, thus avoiding alarms and video surveillance cameras.
The showroom had been opened for a private viewing by wealthy clients and there were five employees inside, including a cleaning lady and a member of the catering staff, as well as the manager. The thieves said they were there to check the accounts, then overpowered the staff, tied them up with electrical cable, sealed their mouths with tape and locked them in the washroom. They then helped themselves to jewellery from the safe-deposit boxes and left the way they had come.
Police said that the entire operation had taken little more than 40 minutes. The employees managed to free themselves and raise the alarm, but by then the gang was long gone. Investigators said that they were looking into whether the robbers had had “inside assistance” that had helped them to avoid the alarms and surveillance cameras.
Damiani, founded in 1924 and known as the jeweller to the stars, is run by Guido, Giorgio and Silvia Damiani, the third generation of the family. The firm has won the Diamonds International Award 18 times, and its customers have included Brad Pitt and Gwyneth Paltrow. It supplied the diamond-studded bracelet worn by Tilda Swinton at the Oscars ceremony.
Some of the firm’s most valuable jewels survived the raid because they were on show at the Presidential Suite of the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Los Angeles, where Damiani hosted an Oscars party at the weekend attended by celebrities such as Sharon Stone, Paris Hilton and Geena Davis.
Guido Damiani said that he was “very shaken” by news of the raid, but added that he was relieved that no one had been hurt. Police said that the thieves had not used weapons to threaten the employees and may not even have been armed.
Staff at Damiani said that the leader of the gang had a “southern Italian” accent. The stolen pieces of diamond-studded gold jewellery included necklaces, earrings, bracelets and rings. Damiani said that the total loss would not be known until an inventory had been completed, but that all the jewellery in the store was insured.
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| Heist - Epilogue |
| posted by: rahoohl_dewk |
15:56 2.19.08 |
| http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/02/19/art.theft/index.html |
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| seems like everyone.... |
| posted by: publius |
22:11 2.18.08 |
is weighing in on heists at the moment...
http://www.slate.com/id/2184486/nav/tap3/
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| a good week..... |
| posted by: publius |
13:14 2.18.08 |
for heist articles....
from this weekend's nyt...
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/weekinreview/17kennedy.html |
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| now this.... |
| posted by: publius |
12:33 2.14.08 |
is an interesting article on art heists...
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/02/14/art.theft/index.html
though i find the ending a bit rich and over the top...
"Whoever took 'Russian Schoolroom' from the suburban St. Louis gallery in 1973, or the masterpieces from the Boston museum 1980, or the works lifted in Zurich this week, shouldn't be mistaken for a high-society, tuxedo-wearing, 'Thomas Crown Affair' kind of thief, Radcliffe said.
'These people are the worst sort of criminal. They are just like the criminals who traffic individuals or sell children, or murder.
'They are thoroughly unpleasant people. There is no romanticism in anyway that should be connected to it.'"
i mean, is there anyone who doesn't root for the art thieves over the galleries/super-rich/museums who are the victims? as dennis leary's character says at the end of the thomas crown affair:
"If some Houdini wants to snatch a couple swirls of paint that are really only important to some very silly rich people, I don’t really give a damn."
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| sorry....link.... |
| posted by: publius |
15:24 2.11.08 |
| http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/02/11/art.theft/index.html |
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| i think... |
| posted by: publius |
15:24 2.11.08 |
that news agencies should be required to publish detailed information about every robbery which is elevated to "heist" level...i mean, i'm sure these three guys weren't sitting in whatever the swiss equivalent of a pub is (sounds like a real hoot) when they decided to cross the street to the art gallery and make of with $150M+ in impressionist paintings....
somebody knows details they're not telling, and tentfort wants to know...
damn it! |
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| heist photos... |
| posted by: publius |
17:23 8.2.07 |
from the british heist that started this thread...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/gallery/2007/aug/02/crime?picture=330319328 |
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| how not to go about a heist... |
| posted by: publius |
19:32 5.18.07 |
it has elements that could have made it a good heist, but the over-riding stupidity of the people involved just makes it ridiculous...
http://edition.cnn.com/2007/LAW/05/18/barbie.bandits.ap/index.html |
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| Which thread is this? |
| posted by: spacehippie |
14:30 2.27.06 |
| Are we talking about criminals, or Olympic figure skaters here? |
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| the problem with this heist |
| posted by: ludwig |
13:50 2.27.06 |
is that it was not unneccessarily complex. Where was the underwater drilling from the spa next door a la "Sexy Beast"? The men with many hats a la Thomas Crown? The US Army uniforms and Ernest Borgnine (real or stand in) character a la the Wild Bunch?
They lacked flair. That will be their undoing. |
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| wait a minute... |
| posted by: simplicissimus |
13:02 2.27.06 |
http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30100-13511018,00.html
no mention of a monacle...
but perhaps there were numchucks!
indeed. |
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| in one of the articles i read. |
| posted by: publius |
20:20 2.24.06 |
| they seemed to think that a large portion of the loot was previously used, and thus much less traceable, currency. |
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| this sounds similar |
| posted by: ludwig |
19:46 2.24.06 |
to the hesit the IRA pulled in Northern Ireland a few months ago. the ploy - kidnapping the manager and his family - is the same. in the northern ireland heist they ended up with nothing because the currency was brand new and the bank that issued the currency (banks issue their own currency in the occupied six - not unlike the pre-civil war usa) voided all of it. anyone caught spending it would be identified pretty quick.
the article (now that I've read it and seen that the author made the same connection i did) doesn't identify the type of currency (euros, dollars, sterling, etc.) or whether it was freshly printed . . . |
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| these sketches are hilarious.. |
| posted by: publius |
10:31 2.24.06 |
this police artist sketches about as well as i do, which really isn't saying a whole lot...
http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/02/24/uk.robbery/index.html |
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| few things as universally love |
| posted by: publius |
16:57 2.23.06 |
as a heist...
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/news/archives/2006/02/23/everyone_loves_a_good_heist.html |
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| cnn reporting... |
| posted by: publius |
14:21 2.23.06 |
| that two people have been arrested in connection with the heist...more details as events warrant... |
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| i think you're seriously under |
| posted by: publius |
13:56 2.23.06 |
| the amount of planning that probably went into this thing. aside from the lack of a monocle and no trojan horse, i'm pretty sure that if the months and months of behind the scenes planning that led up to this heist were made clear, you'd have a pretty much ready-made film script that would be as captivating as most heist films... |
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| all i'm saying |
| posted by: squisshy |
10:45 2.23.06 |
is that it BARELY qualifies as a "heist" if all you do is threaten someone into giving you the keys to the safe. i love the idea of an intricately plotted, well-conceived plan that allows one to make off with millions of dollars while "some overfed corporate honcho" is left with his dick in his hand.
but come on, the amount of money at stake does not a heist make. these guys sound like common thugs who found out where this dude lived and what his habits were in terms of coming home from work. i mean, it is a heist if i stick a gun in the face of a billionaire, make him take me to his house, and take millions in precious jewels? no! this is quite similar in my view. seriously, this is almost a common robbery, despite the amount of money. |
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| oh come now... |
| posted by: publius |
09:53 2.23.06 |
i'm sure that it was a traumatic event for the guy and his family...and by christmas they'll all be telling stories about how they were involved in the biggest heist in britain's history. my guess is actually that they've sold their story to the sun before the week is out. i guarantee you they'll be boring people to death with the story.
had they harmed the guy or his family i'd be with you...but as it is they played a pretty perfect hand and took down a $70M pot...
you're getting exceedingly soft in your old age, squisshy...
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| five other things i would also |
| posted by: simplicissimus |
09:48 2.23.06 |
1) the use of a monocle.
2) a really foxy lady trained in kung fu (but acting like she's an oil heiress from texas)
3) numchucks
4) a really well-acted diversion "fight" at the bar
5) some sort of trojan horse device |
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| i, too, love a good heist |
| posted by: squisshy |
09:42 2.23.06 |
but it is kind of rough to have the dude's family taken hostage; presumably they told him all sorts of nasty things about what would be done to them while they were sticking a gun in his face and demanding his cooperation. that's pretty beat, and anyone who does that is pretty much a complete scumbag. it's tough for me to root for anyone who does that.
i much prefer the hollywoodized version of the heist; you know, something involving tunneling, or being suspended from the ceiling by cables, while some uber-hacker has fed a video loop into the security system so no one knows what is going on ... |
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| bush-like reasoning... |
| posted by: publius |
08:50 2.23.06 |
"The firm's operations director, Tony Benson, told PA: 'The fact that no one has been physically injured should not mask the brutality of this crime and we are all committed to working with the police to catch those responsible and see justice brought to bear.'"
i mean, is there really anyone out there who isn't cheering for the guys that pulled this off? up to 40 million pounds in allegedly untraceble used notes, no one hurt, and some overfed coporate honchos left holding their dicks and crying foul.
love it. |
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| what is it? |
| posted by: simplicissimus |
17:42 2.22.06 |
is it the idea that one's pockets could be empty and, a few hours later, you could be one of the richest men in england?
is it the idea that the money is lifted from a large organization and therefore its absence will never be "felt" by any citizen?
is it the idea that it takes a fuck-load of brains, and a shit-load of balls, to pull often something so complicated?
is it the idea of a group of men (and/or women) sitting someplace, or scattered all over the place, as i write, sagaciously and anonymously sipping brandy at a bar as the news of the heist is spread all over the airwaves?
is ot the idea that an act like this, and the reward, makes perfect sense under a capitalist mindset: spending decades and millions in order to "build a better mousetrap" is one thing, but spending months and thousands to "exploit the flaw in the better moustetrap" is even better, (init?)
is it the idea that you just know a man named boris or casimir is somehow pulling the strings behind the whole thing?
i can't tell you what it is.
but i can say this: publius is right, there's nothing quite like a good heist. |
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| there is nothing i love more.. |
| posted by: publius |
17:22 2.22.06 |
than a good heist.
http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/02/22/uk.robbery/index.html
i think it may be time to watch the thomas crown affair (the new one, natch) for the 47th time... |
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