Belfast Bank Robbery World's Largest Since '87

[thebobman]

Belfast bank heist may be among world’s biggest
Gang takes bankers’ families hostage, steals more than $39 million
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The Associated Press

Updated: 4:11 p.m. ET Dec. 21, 2004BELFAST, Northern Ireland - In one of the world’s biggest robberies, thieves took the families of two top bankers hostage and forced the bosses to help them steal more than $39 million from the vaults of a Belfast bank’s main office, authorities said Tuesday.

Experts said Monday’s raid on the Northern Bank cash center was the biggest robbery since 1987, when thieves made off with about $65 million in cash and other valuables from the Knightsbridge Safe Deposit Center in west London. It also was believed to be the biggest ever in Northern Ireland.

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[crookedking]

imagine having the balls to do that.

[decypher]

And getting away with it. Thats a lot of money

[wum]

reminds me of Heat

[CodaDrummer]

Heat was a good movie. An awesome movie, actually. Best shoot-out ever.

[penguinabc123]

my question is what to do with all the cash.

i mean, wont most places ask questions if you go to pay with say $20000 in cash?
and any bank will ask questions if you go to them with it aswell.

[wum]

^ it'll be laundered or put into a swiss account

[Senior]

Originally Posted by wum

^ it'll be laundered or put into a swiss account

Exactly, people that have the sophistication to pull off a heist like that are obviously very well connected. That's a lot of money no doubt but so are the profits from drug dealing, some how they manage to get laundered though.

[crookedking]

that would be the biggest rush.

[Gusto]

More: http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/fro...M1ROBBERY.html

[galaxie]

^ I was JUST about to say, Swiss Bank!

[crookedking]

i bet the IRA is going to start whooping some ass pdq.

[wum]

"Very large amounts of cash came into the bank throughout business hours on Monday, swelling the amount in the vault after one of the busiest weekends of trading in the year."

Looks like they did their homework.

[thebobman]

Originally Posted by crookedking

i bet the IRA is going to start whooping some ass pdq.

Doubtful, the political clout of Sinn Fein is nearly enough to achieve most of thier demands, however, I wouldn't be surprised to see some ULA action or infighting between the two.

[stephen_c]

Originally Posted by crookedking

i bet the IRA is going to start whooping some ass pdq.

i bet it IS the ira or ex-ira.
at the height of that organization,
drug running, bank robbery, extortion, racketeering, etc, throughout the uk and the continent were done by them.

[crookedking]

Originally Posted by thebobman

Doubtful, the political clout of Sinn Fein is nearly enough to achieve most of thier demands, however, I wouldn't be surprised to see some ULA action or infighting between the two.

sounds like a very possible theory.