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Stealing jewelry 21st century
At noon on July 28 at the Hotel Carlton in Cannes, where there is an exhibition of jewelery brand Leviev, burst into the unknown. Threatening with a pistol, he took the bag with the jewels in the amount of $ 136 million. According to the volume of the stolen loot it falls into the category of the most daring. We remember 10 other thefts, which were lost as a result of stones.
Fatal "women" on the Champs Elysees
Value of the stolen $ 118 million
In 2008, the American boutique jewelry brand Harry Winston Heist on the Champs Elysees in Paris were the four men. Two of them were in a dress. Threatening with a pistol and a grenade staff, they stuffed suitcase with jewels and left the salon. This crime has been called one of the largest in the history of France. Police managed to find the robbers and recover a significant portion of the kidnapped. A quarter of the contents of the suitcase found in the gutter, and three pairs of earrings and 19 rings in a plastic container found immured in a cement trough in the Saint Saint-Denis.
Diamond store robbery in Antwerp
Value of the stolen $ 100 million
In 2003, in the Belgian city of Antwerp Diamond Exchange criminals devastated. Of the 160 cells in which diamond brokers kept jewelry, a group of four robbers revealed 123. Subsequently, the police figured criminals. Investigators found and how they were able to empty the vault. It turned out that the attackers had planned the crime for two years: analyze system security, took copies of keys replaced with cameras recording. However, criminals have not confessed, where jewelry. The organizer was sentenced to 10-year term, a few participants theft received 5 years in prison.
Plaque at Amsterdam Airport
Value of the stolen $ 101 million
In 2005, robbers, dressed in the uniform of workers Airlines KLM, attacked a bus with diamonds at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. The robbery occurred at a time when the precious cargo on board the aircraft company Tulip Air, a charter flight which they were to be sent to Antwerp. The airport authority wondered how the thieves entered the closed-only staff territory. In collusion with criminals and suspected police and airport employees, and airline KLM. Most diamonds are not faceted, which increases their price in the market.
"Robbery of the century" in wigs and makeup
Value of the stolen $ 65 million
In August 2009, the store of the British jeweler Graff Diamonds on Bond Street in London there were two men. At first they pretended to be buyers, but after a while took out guns and forced the staff to give jewelry. They managed to escape with a stolen, but wigs and make-up did not help to hide identity. The police have calculated the robbers. They were British Aman Cassie and Craig Kaldevud. They were found thanks to a mobile phone, which they had forgotten in an abandoned car. Police later found and the other members of the criminal group. The organizer of the crime was found Aman Cassie - he got 23 years in prison. His accomplices Craig Kaldevud Solomon Beyene, Thomas Thomas and Clinton could get 16 years.
In police uniforms through countersunk hole
Value of the stolen $ 40 million
In Milan in 2008, disguised in police thieves stole the diamonds from the interior of the jewelry house Damiani, who like to visit the movie star (in particular, its products buy Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston). The thieves made their way into the room through a secret hole, which they began to dig a few months before the robbery. Day of February 24, seven criminals break through the wall and broke into the salon. With the stolen earrings, necklaces, bracelets and rings, including mounted in white gold, criminals removed through the same tunnel.
Drove up nicely: Robbery at Bentley
Value of the stolen $ 20 million
In 2007, at the jewelry salon network Graff Diamonds on Sloane Street in London parked car Bentley Continental Flying Spur a cost of about $ 250 000. From it emerged two well-dressed men, and the third was at the wheel. Going into the boutique, two "visitors" have brought with employees casual conversation in the guise of customers. Then he pulled out a gun and forced stunned employees open windows with diamonds. The robbers took away about 100 jewelry, including necklace weighing more than 155 carats and worth over $ 2 million. Only one of the stolen diamonds later, in 2012, found at a pawn shop in Hong Kong.
Undermining the Louvre
Value of the stolen $ 14 million
In 2004, during the trade fair, organized and antique jewelry firms in the Louvre, to showcase the brand Chopard disappeared two diamonds. According to the police, the thieves entered the kiosk company in the afternoon, when her staff had gone away for 15 minutes. At the same time, according to investigators, Showcases allegedly was not connected to the alarm. One of the stolen diamonds weighing 47 carats, the second - 30.
Diamonds in the microwave
Value of the stolen $ 8 million
25-year-old employee of the Amsterdam office of diamond company Gassan Diamonds in August 2001 came to work with a box. He told his colleagues that in her microwave that did not surprise anyone. But the next day from the safe of all diamonds have disappeared. The offender himself came to the police to confess and told where the cache. He hid the "jewels of the microwave" in the statue on the streets of the city of Almeria. For the confession employee has received 2, 5 years in prison. However, to be released, he managed much earlier: in prison appreciated his good behavior.
A series of burglaries in Cannes in 2013
The cost of stolen: $ 3, 5 million
During the Cannes Film Festival in May 2013 occurred just two robberies. Swiss company Chopard jewelry worth $ 1 million that were intended for rental movie stars during the festival, was stolen from a hotel room. According to police, the robbers pulled out of the wall safe with jewels, and with it disappeared. A week later, at a reception at the hotel in the municipality of Cap d'Antibes lost necklace work of the Swiss jewelry brand De Grisogono cost $ 2, 5 million. It showed in the window. Responsible for the safety of necklace 80 employees of a private security agency. However, they clearly were not enough: the end of the evening necklace was gone.
African king lost symbols of power
The cost of stolen: not yet rated
In 2012, the King of the Ashanti people of African, who lives in Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire, lost his family jewels in Norway. Otumfuo Osei Tutu Monarch II arrived in Oslo for a business conference and stayed at a local hotel. From there, his regalia collected by many generations of ancestors handed down a robber. Police say surveillance cameras filmed an unknown carrying a suitcase allegedly jewelry African king. Assess the value of the stolen difficult because regalia king considered priceless.
Fatal "women" on the Champs Elysees
Value of the stolen $ 118 million
In 2008, the American boutique jewelry brand Harry Winston Heist on the Champs Elysees in Paris were the four men. Two of them were in a dress. Threatening with a pistol and a grenade staff, they stuffed suitcase with jewels and left the salon. This crime has been called one of the largest in the history of France. Police managed to find the robbers and recover a significant portion of the kidnapped. A quarter of the contents of the suitcase found in the gutter, and three pairs of earrings and 19 rings in a plastic container found immured in a cement trough in the Saint Saint-Denis.
Diamond store robbery in Antwerp
Value of the stolen $ 100 million
In 2003, in the Belgian city of Antwerp Diamond Exchange criminals devastated. Of the 160 cells in which diamond brokers kept jewelry, a group of four robbers revealed 123. Subsequently, the police figured criminals. Investigators found and how they were able to empty the vault. It turned out that the attackers had planned the crime for two years: analyze system security, took copies of keys replaced with cameras recording. However, criminals have not confessed, where jewelry. The organizer was sentenced to 10-year term, a few participants theft received 5 years in prison.
Plaque at Amsterdam Airport
Value of the stolen $ 101 million
In 2005, robbers, dressed in the uniform of workers Airlines KLM, attacked a bus with diamonds at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. The robbery occurred at a time when the precious cargo on board the aircraft company Tulip Air, a charter flight which they were to be sent to Antwerp. The airport authority wondered how the thieves entered the closed-only staff territory. In collusion with criminals and suspected police and airport employees, and airline KLM. Most diamonds are not faceted, which increases their price in the market.
"Robbery of the century" in wigs and makeup
Value of the stolen $ 65 million
In August 2009, the store of the British jeweler Graff Diamonds on Bond Street in London there were two men. At first they pretended to be buyers, but after a while took out guns and forced the staff to give jewelry. They managed to escape with a stolen, but wigs and make-up did not help to hide identity. The police have calculated the robbers. They were British Aman Cassie and Craig Kaldevud. They were found thanks to a mobile phone, which they had forgotten in an abandoned car. Police later found and the other members of the criminal group. The organizer of the crime was found Aman Cassie - he got 23 years in prison. His accomplices Craig Kaldevud Solomon Beyene, Thomas Thomas and Clinton could get 16 years.
In police uniforms through countersunk hole
Value of the stolen $ 40 million
In Milan in 2008, disguised in police thieves stole the diamonds from the interior of the jewelry house Damiani, who like to visit the movie star (in particular, its products buy Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston). The thieves made their way into the room through a secret hole, which they began to dig a few months before the robbery. Day of February 24, seven criminals break through the wall and broke into the salon. With the stolen earrings, necklaces, bracelets and rings, including mounted in white gold, criminals removed through the same tunnel.
Drove up nicely: Robbery at Bentley
Value of the stolen $ 20 million
In 2007, at the jewelry salon network Graff Diamonds on Sloane Street in London parked car Bentley Continental Flying Spur a cost of about $ 250 000. From it emerged two well-dressed men, and the third was at the wheel. Going into the boutique, two "visitors" have brought with employees casual conversation in the guise of customers. Then he pulled out a gun and forced stunned employees open windows with diamonds. The robbers took away about 100 jewelry, including necklace weighing more than 155 carats and worth over $ 2 million. Only one of the stolen diamonds later, in 2012, found at a pawn shop in Hong Kong.
Undermining the Louvre
Value of the stolen $ 14 million
In 2004, during the trade fair, organized and antique jewelry firms in the Louvre, to showcase the brand Chopard disappeared two diamonds. According to the police, the thieves entered the kiosk company in the afternoon, when her staff had gone away for 15 minutes. At the same time, according to investigators, Showcases allegedly was not connected to the alarm. One of the stolen diamonds weighing 47 carats, the second - 30.
Diamonds in the microwave
Value of the stolen $ 8 million
25-year-old employee of the Amsterdam office of diamond company Gassan Diamonds in August 2001 came to work with a box. He told his colleagues that in her microwave that did not surprise anyone. But the next day from the safe of all diamonds have disappeared. The offender himself came to the police to confess and told where the cache. He hid the "jewels of the microwave" in the statue on the streets of the city of Almeria. For the confession employee has received 2, 5 years in prison. However, to be released, he managed much earlier: in prison appreciated his good behavior.
A series of burglaries in Cannes in 2013
The cost of stolen: $ 3, 5 million
During the Cannes Film Festival in May 2013 occurred just two robberies. Swiss company Chopard jewelry worth $ 1 million that were intended for rental movie stars during the festival, was stolen from a hotel room. According to police, the robbers pulled out of the wall safe with jewels, and with it disappeared. A week later, at a reception at the hotel in the municipality of Cap d'Antibes lost necklace work of the Swiss jewelry brand De Grisogono cost $ 2, 5 million. It showed in the window. Responsible for the safety of necklace 80 employees of a private security agency. However, they clearly were not enough: the end of the evening necklace was gone.
African king lost symbols of power
The cost of stolen: not yet rated
In 2012, the King of the Ashanti people of African, who lives in Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire, lost his family jewels in Norway. Otumfuo Osei Tutu Monarch II arrived in Oslo for a business conference and stayed at a local hotel. From there, his regalia collected by many generations of ancestors handed down a robber. Police say surveillance cameras filmed an unknown carrying a suitcase allegedly jewelry African king. Assess the value of the stolen difficult because regalia king considered priceless.
