What is the best way to steal? Over many years, thieves prearranged many plans on how to get away with theft. This is how some of the history’s most creative crooks made off with millions.
On December 22, 2000, the criminals who robbed the Stockholm’s National Museum in Sweden had known exactly what they were after in their well-planned theft. A machine gun will get you the haul, a bomb will distract the police, and cars with flat tires cannot respond to an alarm. Their distraction tactics were magnificent. Three men entered the museum on Stockholm’s waterfront at about 5:15 p.m. While the men were inside the museum, accomplices set off two car bombs nearby on the opposite ends of the town to distract the police. Cars exploded in flames. The local police scattered immediately. At the same time, other accomplices were laying spikes on the roads around the museum. While one man stood inside the museum with a gun, two others located the targeted paintings. They left with two Renoirs, "Young Parisian" and "Conversation with the Gardner," and also a self-portrait by Rembrandt. All of …show more content…
They are accountable for some of the most daring thefts in criminal history. One of their most incredible heists was the heist at Harry Winston’s in Paris. Four men disguised themselves as women with long blond wigs, sunglasses and scarves. They stood in front of the Harry Winston jewelry store on Avenue Montaigne. It was just before closing time on a chilly evening when they pulled out a hand grenade and a .357 Magnum. The thieves smashed display cases and threated some of the Harry Winston employees with their weapons. There was no time for the police to arrive from a nearby station. In less than 15 minutes the diamond thieves were gone, roaring away in a getaway car with sacks of emeralds, rubies and diamonds valued at more than $105
On December 22, 2000, the criminals who robbed the Stockholm’s National Museum in Sweden had known exactly what they were after in their well-planned theft. A machine gun will get you the haul, a bomb will distract the police, and cars with flat tires cannot respond to an alarm. Their distraction tactics were magnificent. Three men entered the museum on Stockholm’s waterfront at about 5:15 p.m. While the men were inside the museum, accomplices set off two car bombs nearby on the opposite ends of the town to distract the police. Cars exploded in flames. The local police scattered immediately. At the same time, other accomplices were laying spikes on the roads around the museum. While one man stood inside the museum with a gun, two others located the targeted paintings. They left with two Renoirs, "Young Parisian" and "Conversation with the Gardner," and also a self-portrait by Rembrandt. All of …show more content…
They are accountable for some of the most daring thefts in criminal history. One of their most incredible heists was the heist at Harry Winston’s in Paris. Four men disguised themselves as women with long blond wigs, sunglasses and scarves. They stood in front of the Harry Winston jewelry store on Avenue Montaigne. It was just before closing time on a chilly evening when they pulled out a hand grenade and a .357 Magnum. The thieves smashed display cases and threated some of the Harry Winston employees with their weapons. There was no time for the police to arrive from a nearby station. In less than 15 minutes the diamond thieves were gone, roaring away in a getaway car with sacks of emeralds, rubies and diamonds valued at more than $105