ARGENTINA: Art of the Heist: The Disappeared TV -
Argentina was ruled by a ruthless military junta. When the biggest art theft in the nation’s history occurred. Impressionist paintings by some of France’s most famous artists were stolen. For more than twenty years the paintings ... vanished. The hunt for the paintings covered three countries, and was finally resolved in a courtroom in Paris. Art of the Heist s2e7: The Disappeared, 2006
AUSTRALIA: Australian Families of Crime TV - Robbery Under Arms 1958 -
Victoria Club, Melbourne, April 21 1976: Inside the Victoria Club in Queen’s Street, Melbourne, bookmakers and punters are meeting to pay off bets ... Security guards are delivering millions of dollars in cash. Australian Families of Crime s1e5: Dockers and Death, Nine Network 2010
The Great Bookie Robbery was Australia’s largest single hold-up. ibid.
First in line for his cut – Les Kane – a member of the notorious Painters and Dockers Union whose reign over the Melbourne underground was at its peak in the 1970s. ibid.
Australia, 1865: vast, empty, lonely – a land the size of Europe, a land where gold was to be found. Robbery Under Arms 1958 starring Peter Finch & Ronald Lewis & Jill Ireland & Laurence Naismith & David McCallum & Maureen Swanson & Vincent Ball et al, director Jack Lee
AUSTRIA: Art of the Heist TV -
It was perhaps the biggest art heist of all time. Countless millions of dollars of the finest European art simply seized by the Nazis … Among the booty was one of the most extraordinary paintings of the 20th century owned by a wealthy Jewish industrialist. It was a portrait of a woman be Austrian artist Gustav Klimt. For sixty years the painting’s owners fought to get it back. The battle took them to the American Supreme Court. Art of the Heist s2e1: The Lady in Gold, 2007
Gustav Klimt painted Adele Bloch-Bauer in 1907. ibid.
The case had attracted media interest from around the world. ibid.
The Klimts were going up for auction. ibid.
In January 2006 Austrian police began a search of a wooded area outside Vienna. It was a strange place to look for a salt-cellar but it was no ordinary salt-cellar they were seeking, but a solid gold one by Benvenuto Cellini, more than three hundred years old ... worth about £30,000,000 and stolen from Vienna’s History of Art Museum. The thief had been toying with the police sending them anonymous letters and leading them on a treasure hunt with written clues along the way. For three years the audacious thief led the police on a wild goose chase playing hunt the salt-cellar. Art of the Heist s2e5: The Thieving Don Juan, 2007
On the seventh floor they found chaos: a window had been broken from the outside. In the centre of the room a glass cabinet had been broken, and it was empty. ibid.
Valued for insurance today at $65,000,000. ibid.
The sculpture was unique, and uniquely important. ibid.
BRAZIL: The Great Robbery of Brazil’s Central Bank 2022 - Inside the Heist TV -
Burglars invade the Central Bank’s vault in Fortalesa and steal more than 160 million Reais. The Great Robbery of Brazil’s Central Bank I: The Crime, news, Netflix 2022
Fortaleza, August 2005: Then we found this hole which had a tunnel linking access to the outside. ibid. rozzer
Who were these people? How did they manage to build this tunnel? ibid.
Sao Paulo, October 2004: Several criminals wearing clown and monkey masks used a tunnel with the same characteristics as the Central Bank tunnel to commit this crime. ibid.
We’d already had many suspects … This money would be used to commit other crimes. The Great Robbery of Brazil’s Central Bank II: The Hunt, rozzer
We found more than 12 million Reais. ibid.
We developed a huge investigation. ibid.
The courage and cleverness that they had in planning and committing out this crime wasn’t a feature when it came to figuring out what to do with the money. The Great Robbery of Brazil’s Central Bank III: Cursed Money, old boy
13th January 2006: Police respond to an armed robbery and hostage situation at a bank in the northern suburbs of Buenos Aires. Inside the Heist s1e5: Buenos Aires Bank, Argentinian news, Quest 2023
‘He’s [Araujo] going to have to dig a tunnel from the storm drain to the bank.’ ibid.
‘They’re going to make a big show of robbing the banking hall while the real robbery is taking place beneath the surface in the basement where they are going after the safe deposit boxes.’ ibid.
‘Police had their hostage negotiator on the scene within minutes.’ ibid.
‘This is the moment they know they’ve been played.’ ibid.
‘It’s believed they got away with $20 million in cash and 80 kilograms’ worth of precious stones and gold.’ ibid.
CANADA: Masterminds TV - The Irish Mob TV - The Score 2001 - Trailer Park Boys TV - Foolproof 2003 - Kings of Coke TV -
A phantom bandit robbed banks across the nation using techniques never seen before and made himself millions. Masterminds e39: The Phantom Bandit, History 2003
In the mid-1980s Canada was hit with dramatic rise in bank robberies. ibid.
Gilbert Galvan: An American fugitive who robbed over 50 Canadian banks and made himself millions. ibid.
In the 1970s three Canadian criminals pulled off a string of daring bank robberies from Montreal to Miami … in more than 140 bank robberies. But in September 1980 time ran out for the Stopwatch gang. The Irish Mob s1e4, 2016
It’s in the Montreal Customs House … Four million balls; how many times have I got to tell you. The Score 2001 starring Marlon Brando & Robert de Niro & Edward Norton & Angela Bassett & Gary Palmer & Paul Soles & Jamie Harrold & Serge Houde & Martin Drainville et al, director Frank Oz, Brando to de Niro
I’m not going to lie to you – can I borrow your car to do a truck heist? Trailer Park Boys s10e5: If You Don’t Believe It, It’s Not Real, Ricky to Lucy