Securitas Depot Robbery
The Securitas Depot robbery was the largest cash robbery in the world. The person who planned it was a martial arts dude Lee Murray. It took place on February 21st, 2006, at 6:30 a.m. In Kent United Kingdom. Seven other men were involved in the robbery and most of them carried AK-47s. They took 92 million dollars in Banknotes. Before all of this, the manager of the bank was kidnapped and was brought to farm another group of the robbers managed to get the manager’s wife and son and there were being held hostage at the farm with the manager. The robbers pointed the gun at the manager’s head and told them to wet them into the bank and give them the money. All this was happening the workers at the bank were locked in cages but one of the staff still had a Key so she was able to free the rest of the staff. That’s when the robbery ended at 2:45 in the morning.
Northern Bank robbery
The Northern Bank robbery was a cash robbery in Belfast Ireland on 20th of December 2004. The robbers stole 26.5 million pounds and other currencies including euros and US dollars making it the largest bank robbery in British history. Many people involved with this robbery and all of them armed. In the end, the case still remains unsolved.
Central Bank of Iraq robbery
In March 18 * 2003 1 billion US dollars were stolen from the Central Bank of Iraq. This was considered the largest bank heist in history until 2011. A note signed by Saddam Hussein ordered a $920 million dollars to be withdrawn and given to his son Qusay Hussein. A man saw the boxes of cash being loaded onto a truck so he robbed it and it took 5 hours to rob. Qusay Hussein was later killed by the US Military in a battle.
British Bank of the Middle East robbery
British Bank of the Middle East robbery took place in January 1976. Eight armed men stole gold worth $210 million from the British Bank of the Middle East in Beirut. None of the money has ever been recovered and no one has ever been charged for the crime.
Knightsbridge Vault robbery
The Knightsbridge Security Deposit robbery took place on 12 July 1987 in Knightsbridge, England. They broke open many of the safe deposit boxes and left with money estimated to be worth £60 million (equivalent to US $98 million.)
