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If I was a criminal, what kind of criminal I'd be?

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I'd be like that sexy Bond villain, hm, but also.

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You know, I wanna be that guy in the background

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that kind of like draws the map,

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and then I wait in my lair for my minions to go out there

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and handle the dangerous parts.

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It would have something to do with accounting fraud.

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(laughs) But not on purpose, just 'cause I'm bad at math.

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I would pull up a heist that stole money

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from the people who shouldn't have all the money.

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But for me to be involved in a heist,

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the jackpot would have to be astronomical.

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(bombs blasting)
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Not every criminal can pull off a heist,

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but they all know that the best crime pays big.

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A heist is a high stakes robbery that uses an elaborate plan

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for a lot of numbers in the pocketbook.

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I've met people who said,

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"I pulled off a heist, it was 500 bucks."

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A heist to me is a couple of hundred thousand.

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That's a lot dough for just a minute's work.

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Million, 2 million and more.

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Heist is not for your everyday

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low level scumbag.

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You have to have nerves of steel,

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you have to have a brain that can plan something.

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Nobody sees the others without a mask.

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And you have to have good connections.

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Heists are often ripping off

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someone who's incredibly wealthy or a faceless bank.

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That's why heists also popular

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because everybody likes a good rogue.

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With a combined total of over $275 million

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in stolen loot,

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these are five of the greatest heist in history,

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from the earliest to the most recent.

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Stories of who gets away with it, but mostly who doesn't.

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Because if you succeed at a heist

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we don't know who you are.

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(upbeat dramatic music)

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(locks clicking)
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(kids cheering)

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{\an8}We've really been indoctrinated from childhood

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to have strong desires for wealth.

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So it's not surprising that we'd be easily tempted

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to get those things by whatever means possible.

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Bruce Reynolds is the mastermind

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of the Great Train robbery.

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{\an8}He is the most unlikely of masterminds.

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The army rejected him

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because of his weak eyesight.

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He wanted to be a journalist,

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but never got a chance to write.

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He was a messenger for a while, and then a petty crook.

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{\an8}Bruce meets robber Ronnie Biggs in Wandsworth prison,

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and decides to stop working alone,

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because Bruce is tired of being a loser.

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He wants to be a winner in the big numbers game.

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Our earliest heist story starts in London, 1963.

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Bank cards don't exist yet,

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and credit cards have just been introduced.

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Your options for stealing large sums of money

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are places that house large sums of money,

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but they have a ton of security.

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Then Bruce gets a tip about a Royal Mail train,

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and he hatches a plan.

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There would be a big chunk of money in the mail bags

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{\an8}on that train.

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{\an8}That money was on its way to be destroyed down in England.

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It was coming from Glasgow.

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Therefore it meant that they were used notes

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and untraceable notes.

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Bruce's plan is to stop the train,

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and remove the money without anyone taking notice.

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It's deceptively simple, but it just might work.

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They just need to focus on the number 30.

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{\an8}A heist is the most exciting thing in the criminal world,

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{\an8}as far as I'm concerned.

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You walk away from it with a little bit of like an eff you

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to like the powers that be.

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A heist involves more planning than a typical robbery.

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You have to have somebody who's the "mastermind."

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Bruce decides that the train can be stopped

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for 30 minutes before anyone gets suspicious.

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So he gathers a team of 15 thieves, including Ronnie Biggs,

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to haul out as many mail bags as they can with no violence.

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The Great Train robbery,

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it's like something out of a cowboy movie.

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It begins in the dead of night,

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on August 8th, 1963.

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15 men are watching the clock.

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These men will have just 30 minutes to try to pull off

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the biggest train robbery in British history.

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Just after 3:00 AM,

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the driver of the Royal Mail express sees a red signal,

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not knowing the green signal had been covered

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by the robbers.

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Onboard, come a bunch of the robbers.

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They make it very clear to the people working on the train,

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this is a robbery and that they shouldn't resist.

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The only resistance they get is from Jack Mills,

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who's the train driver.

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And because he resists them, they whack him on the head.

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So that was the first cock-up.

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{\an8}But time won't stop because you make a mistake.

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The train has 12 carts,

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but the gang are only interested in number two

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behind the locomotive,

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{\an8}known as the high value packages coach.

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Racing against the clock, they uncouple the other 10 carts,

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and to avoid any witnesses,

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Bruce has the move the train half a mile

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to the designated unloading spot.

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Let's get a move on, let's go.

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{\an8}With only 10 minutes left,

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{\an8}the gang form a human chain moving 120 bags of cash,

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{\an8}weighing an estimated 2.5 tons.

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{\an8}It's been 30 minutes and the coach isn't empty,

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{\an8}but wisely, they stick to Bruce's plan.

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{\an8}Eight bags are left behind.

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{\an8}They're so quick that the other 68 postal workers

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{\an8}in the 10 other coaches have no idea what's happened.

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Quick, before the cops show up.

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15 guys with an estimated £150,000 each,

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equivalent to $3.8 million today.

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At the time, the average yearly salary in Britain

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is about £1000.

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That means each crew member makes close to 150 years

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worth of wages in the space of 30 minutes.

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When we did a heist, we had a plan.

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If we all got chased and we had to split up,

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who are we gonna contact?

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Where we going?

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There had to be a safe house, maybe we'd meet.

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The safe house is the place where Bruce planned

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for the gang to divvy up their loot, confirm their alibis,

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and make sure they cover their tracks.

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Off they go to the farm that they have hired,

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about half an hour away.

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They feed the cat, they play a bit of monopoly.

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Bruce and his gang have no plans

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of going straight to jail.

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But when the police go public

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and comb a 30 mile radius from the robbery site,

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the gang has to scramble.

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They were looking for a hideout

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within 30 miles of Cheddington,

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and they found it here at this farmhouse.

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And it was because it so completely fitted

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the police description, that tip-off named this place.

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As these police photographs show,

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the farm was left in a state of disarray.

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Fingerprints confirmed that Bruce and his band of crooks

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are responsible for the robbery,

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but they're nowhere to be found.

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This is a team of 15 individuals

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who then flee around the globe.

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A manhunt takes place on a scale not witnessed before.

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Within a month,

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the gang's safe house becomes a tourist attraction.

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The owner of the farm charges an entrance fee,

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and the police embarrassed with the enormity of the crime,

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double down on the hunt to capture the culprits.

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They carry on searching

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until they find almost all of them.

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(cameras clicking)
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Some members were never identified,

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but 12 were convicted within a year of the heist.

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The judge said it would be positively evil to show leniency

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in the country's biggest robbery.

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So he dishes out double penalties

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for a total of 307 years of imprisonment.

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Mastermind Bruce Reynolds,

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manages to evade the law for five years.

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He went to Mexico for awhile, then to Canada,

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and then he came back to England

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where he was eventually caught.

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He spends 10 years in lockup

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before being released in 1978.

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But one convicted man

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has no intention of serving his full term.

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{\an8}Ronnie Biggs and his tale of three continents,

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{\an8}one baby, and 35 years on the run.

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Ronnie Biggs is perhaps the most famous

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of all of the Great Train robbers.

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Three weeks after the Great Train robbery,

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Ronnie is arrested and sentenced to 30 years.

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He serves 15 months back in Wandsworth

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before scaling a prison wall,

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and dropping onto a mattress

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on the roof of a waiting removal van.

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Woo hoo, freedom.

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he begins his new life of living on the lam.

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(tires screeching)
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{\an8}He got plastic surgery in Paris

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{\an8}to change his appearance, he moved to Australia.

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{\an8}Then when the police were after him there,

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{\an8}he moved to Brazil.

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{\an8}He becomes a musician and a media darling,

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who would talk about the heist to anyone who will listen.

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The only happy issue from the train robbery

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is the fact that semi-honest money has arisen.

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When I say semi-honest,

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I mean money that had been paid by newspapers

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for our stories.

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After 10 years living the high life in Rio,

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Scotland Yard shows up and tries to arrest him.

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But luckily Mr. Bigshot got his girlfriend pregnant.

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if somebody has a child under the age of 21,

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they can't be extradited to another country.

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So the police, they knew where Ronnie Biggs was,

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but they couldn't get him.
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He becomes an international celebrity,

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and begins hosting tourists.

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He lived this almost charmed life in Brazil,

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inviting people to buy a ticket to his barbecues,

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and he would tell stories of the Great Train robbery,

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and you could have your photo taken with him.

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He is perhaps the quintessential criminal celebrity.

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In 1981,

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{\an8}a gang of ex soldiers kidnap him outside a restaurant,

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{\an8}and bundle him onto a yacht.

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They want a reward for bringing him back to Britain,

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but their yacht breaks down in Barbados.

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Barbados authorities say that

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he's been brought there illegally,

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and they allow him to go back to Brazil.

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(Ronnie cheering)

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So Ronnie Biggs not only managed to escape from prison,

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and evade the authorities by moving around the world,

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he even managed to evade a kidnapping attempt.

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No one could touch him.

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In our society, few of us have great wealth and power,

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but we can relate to someone who has little,

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but does a lot with it.

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(bright dramatic music)

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{\an8}After 35 years of freedom,

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{\an8}72 is the number that sends him back to Britain.

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Mr. Bigshot announces that he'll return to the UK.

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People saw this figure arriving,

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and barely able to function,

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and I think people felt, why lock him up.

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He's 72 years old and not in good health.

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Ronnie is immediately arrested and sent back to the slammer.

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Eight years and numerous health scares later,

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he's released just before his 80th birthday.

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{\an8}He dies four years later.

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(cameras clicking)

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Most of the details about the Great Train robbery

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have been uncovered,

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but there's one detail that remains a little bit mysterious.

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Who was the inside man?

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99 out of a hundred heists, they have an inside guy.

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People will come to you for all different reasons.

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They get in credit card debt,

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they get in over their heads with gambling,

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maybe they route trucks and they say, "Hey,

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at five o'clock this truck leaves this place and goes here."

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It's like you work there for 20 years, you know everything.

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Someone shared train schedules and contents

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that were critical in the Great Train robbery.

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And there's been many guesses about his identity.

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One is supposedly somebody working in the post office

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who tipped them off, but I think we will never know

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who the missing character was.

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And for our next heister,

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working on the inside means he's practically invisible.

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Have I stolen anything from work?

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It's not stealing if you take a rim of paper,

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this paper was gonna be used there anyway (laughs).

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Have I ever stolen something from work?

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Yes. All the time.

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I steal toilet paper all the time from my work.

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Yeah, that (beep) expensive.

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More accurately, my (beep) are expensive (laughs).

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Our second great heist

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takes us 34 years forward to Los Angeles, 1997.

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Allen Pace is a young American man from Compton.

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He has a job that pays $25 an hour, which isn't bad,

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but at work, it's like he doesn't even exist.

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It's very tempting if you're working in a place

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where you see hundreds of thousands of dollars

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slipping through your fingers,

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and you think what's that all about?

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In 1997, Allen Pace is working for Dunbar Armored

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as a sort of safety officer.

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{\an8}So he's looking after things like fire extinguishers,

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{\an8}those sorts of things.

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Okay, that one works.

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Allen in his job has been very busy for the last two years

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gathering insider information.

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He knows what the security guards are doing,

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he knows where the security cameras are, and when they move.

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Because he's invisible at work,

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nobody there notices that Allen's casing the joint.

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He's cool, calculating, and sets the pace for the heist.

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Because he's gathering the information,

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he's able to come up with a plan.

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The pacemaker recruits five childhood friends,

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and supplies them with detailed floor plans, ski masks,

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pistols, a shotgun, and radio headsets.

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But then disaster strikes, he suddenly gets noticed at work,

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and is fired for something completely unrelated.

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{\an8}You're fired.
<v ->Why me?

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When he's fired out of the blue,

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he has to pull his plans forwards rapidly.

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(suspenseful music)

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The next night,

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the pacemaker and his gang go to a house party

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to establish an alibi.
(suspenseful music)

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Creating this alibi, you know, that you have a party,

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{\an8}was smart on this particular occasion,

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the level of planning and daring involved.

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Then they slip out of the house,

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and into their robber gear.

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His key card still was valid,

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so they get in to Dunbar Armored.

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The employees are subdued with duct tape,

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and the gang gets their money with no issue.

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{\an8}When I did a heist, I wanted the biggest gun there was,

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{\an8}I wanted a 357 with a six inch barrel,

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{\an8}or a nickel plated 45 that shines off the sun.

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I wanted that person to be so scared

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because I knew that if they didn't fight back,

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there wouldn't be any injuries.

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It wasn't like we wanted to hurt anybody.

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After the heist, the pacemaker with his crew

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{\an8}take their $18.9 million bounty

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into a 14 foot long safe space, and head back to the party.

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It's one of the biggest cash heists in US history.

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(upbeat music)

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After the Dunbar heist,

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LA cops and the FBI pull out all the stops.

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Because he was just fired,

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Allen's name comes up in the investigation.

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They start running surveillance

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but the pacemaker stays cool.

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There's no flashy purchases, and he's living with his mom.

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Sonny, dinner's ready.

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The only thing the cops have

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is part of a tail light recovered at the scene.

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They run a forensic investigation

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and determine it's from the getaway car.

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I think the ideal getaway car

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would actually be not like a nice car, like a Honda Accord.

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My brain immediately is like Lamborghini,

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but then people are probably gonna spot me.

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I don't think I'd get away.

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A Nissan Cube because not a single person is gonna be like

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that person is a criminal.

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A Nissan cube says like dad going through a midlife crisis,

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and shows very wrong.

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We ain't going in there with a GTO

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with the engine ticking out of the hood,

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and that's for the movies.

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You just need to get away.

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(dramatic music)
(tires screeching)

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The getaway car was immortalized

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by US bank robber, John Dillinger,

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when he wrote a letter to Henry Ford,

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thanking him for making such a fast car.

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John Dillinger's Ford model A

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was put up for auction in 2010, and sold for $165,000.

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Bonnie and Clyde used a Ford V8 Deluxe

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during their final crime spree.

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At the time, it was the fastest car on the road,

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despite the 160 bullet holes,

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{\an8}and costs about 50% of the average person's annual income.

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Allen Pace's getaway car is a humble 14 foot long U-Haul,

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you can rent for about 50 bucks a day.

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It helped him evade the law for more than two years,

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but then his friend, Eugene, pays someone in cash

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and leaves the Dunbar straps on the bundle.

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It's a stupid mistake, and it gets reported.

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It seems to be that we have some amazing heisters,

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but one of the heisters is a rubbish businessmen

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at the other end.

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The cops run Eugene's name,

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and discover he rented a 14 foot long U-Haul

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the day before the crime.

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That 14 feet may have helped Allen carry out the heist,

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but it also ended up being his downfall,

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because Eugene becomes a snitch.

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(sirens blaring)
(dramatic music)

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When the law finally caught off with us,

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it wasn't on account of any mistakes we had made

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during a robbery.

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It was on account of a rat, you know, dice snitches,

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and you can't control that.

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I would never do that. Like what the (beep)?

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(dramatic music)

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14 Feet and 18.9 million,

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get Allen Pace 24 years in lockup.

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{\an8}I can relate to Allen Pace's story. I live in Los Angeles.

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(upbeat music)

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You're constantly being exposed

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to what a wealthy lifestyle looks like.

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That's gonna create a temptation to obtain these things

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by any means necessary.

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There's never been a time when the gap between the richest

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and the poorest has been as great.

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(upbeat music)

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The average American makes about

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{\an8}$50,000 a year.

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{\an8}Meanwhile, Tesla founder, Elon Musk,

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once made 11 billion in a year.

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Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos' base salary

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is 82 million a year,

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but with a net worth of approximately 200 billion,

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he's the richest man in the world.

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(upbeat music)

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The 50 richest Americans are worth as much

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as the poorest 165 million Americans.

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It's no wonder we like to root for the little guy.

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The reason we root for the little guy

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is because we are the little guy.

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Nobody wants to see Goliath crushing David,

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that's not fun.

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It's like the Robin Hood effect,

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even though technically what they're doing isn't great,

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you still want that person to win versus you know,

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the corporation with the evil man up top.

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Boy, do we love to stick it to the man.

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In a society where there's a lot of inequality,

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there's going to be resentment bred.

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(upbeat music)

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Allen Pace was able to take advantage

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of being a faceless employee.

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Even now no image of him can be found,

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and he's out of prison.

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Anonymity and patience is key when planning your next heist,

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especially if you're planning the most complicated heist

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in history.

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If I was presented with a lock

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with a hundred million combinations,

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I would give up after three.

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I would try six combinations,

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and if I didn't get it in that, I'm hiring Charlize Theron.

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If a lock had a hundred million combinations,

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I would give up immediately,

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unless my cat was behind that door, and I had to save him,

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then I would never give up.

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(dramatic music)

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Imagine a lock with 100 million

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possible combinations.

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If you punch in a new number every 10 seconds,

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that lock could take almost 32 years,

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but 100 million combinations don't scare our next heister,

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because his diamond heist has been 40 years in the planet.

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(birds chirping)
(suspenseful music)

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This is Leonardo Notarbartolo.

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He was born in Palermo, Italy,

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and he was destined to be a thief.

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As a child, he sent out by his mother to buy milk.

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[Child Hm, milk.
(Shopkeeper Snores)

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Leonardo finds the shopkeeper asleep,

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and takes the 5,000 Lira or the equivalent of about $8

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from the till.

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It will get him in trouble with his mother,

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(child cries)

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but he's discovered his calling.

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{\an8}He has his sights set on jewels.

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(upbeat music)

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40 Years later,

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Leo's plan to steal diamonds is in full swing.

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He moves to the diamond district in Antwerp, Belgium,

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and poses as a gem importer.

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He starts to shadow jewelers

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to see what their mannerisms are.

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He sets himself up as this suave charming jeweler.

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How you doing?

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He is a real gentleman.

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{\an8}People trusted him and didn't suspect him

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because they saw him going in and out of the building

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every single day.

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Apart from his carats,

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Leonardo's greatest assets are his good looks,

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his charm, and his million dollar smile.

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Unlike Allen Pace who was an inside man,

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Leonardo has to become an inside man,

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to break into one of the most sophisticated volts

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on the planet, holding over 125 million in diamonds.

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{\an8}He was able to gain access

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{\an8}to the place where the diamonds were stored,

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and not create suspicion.

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He rents a safety deposit box

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in the same vault as the diamonds.

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{\an8}It's just one of 189,

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but it gives him the opportunity

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to launch a painstaking surveillance mission,

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using a digital camera, hidden in a pen.

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He gathers all the information he needs

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to mastermind this plan.

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{\an8}18 Months and hundreds of photos later,

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Leonardo is ready to strike.

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(bright upbeat music)

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Antwerp is home to the world's only specialized

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diamond police force, dubbed the diamond squad.

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It's got 60 surveillance cameras

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within its three square block area,

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{\an8}and at its heart is a volt, two stories underground,

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{\an8}and with 10 layers of security.

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About 80% of the world's rough diamonds pass through here.

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And $3 billion worth of sales happen annually.

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If you're gonna try the ultimate diamond heist,

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this is the place.

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When I sought to put a team together,

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{\an8}I put guys together that know what they're doing.

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I got guys who knew how to bypass alarms,

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I got guys who know how to use a blow torch,

518
00:24:12,300 --> 00:24:14,950
I got guys who know how to cut a hole in the ceiling.

519
00:24:16,750 --> 00:24:17,900
{\an8}To break into the vault

520
00:24:17,900 --> 00:24:20,320
{\an8}with 100 million combinations,

521
00:24:20,320 --> 00:24:24,390
{\an8}100 Million Leo put together a team of Italian thieves.

522
00:24:24,390 --> 00:24:26,950
{\an8}The Genius, an alarm specialist,

523
00:24:26,950 --> 00:24:30,700
{\an8}The King of Keys, a wizened locksmith,

524
00:24:30,700 --> 00:24:33,210
{\an8}The Monster, a skilled electrician,

525
00:24:33,210 --> 00:24:34,800
{\an8}and the muscle of the crew,

526
00:24:34,800 --> 00:24:37,130
{\an8}and Speedy, a friend who will remain outside

527
00:24:37,130 --> 00:24:40,730
{\an8}in the getaway car with Leo, listening to police scanners.

528
00:24:40,730 --> 00:24:42,970
The guys that you take on a heist

529
00:24:42,970 --> 00:24:45,230
have to have big, big cojones.

530
00:24:45,230 --> 00:24:47,190
These guys aren't afraid of anything.

531
00:24:47,190 --> 00:24:48,740
Somebody nervous makes mistakes.

532
00:24:48,740 --> 00:24:50,640
You got live weapons, we're not trained.

533
00:24:50,640 --> 00:24:52,480
We learnt how to use guns in our basement

534
00:24:52,480 --> 00:24:54,615
by shooting at telephone books.

535
00:24:54,615 --> 00:24:57,200
(guns firing)
(dramatic music)

536
00:24:57,200 --> 00:24:59,700
After more than 40 years of learning the craft,

537
00:24:59,700 --> 00:25:02,200
and two and a half years of surveillance,

538
00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:04,773
Leonardo sends his team in on a Saturday night.

539
00:25:06,400 --> 00:25:10,003
They make it undetected into the antechamber of the volt.

540
00:25:11,310 --> 00:25:14,730
Now, they've got to defeat 10 layers of security.

541
00:25:14,730 --> 00:25:17,470
The massive steel door weighs in at three tons,

542
00:25:17,470 --> 00:25:18,860
and the first layer of security

543
00:25:18,860 --> 00:25:21,801
is a closed circuit security camera that guards.

544
00:25:21,801 --> 00:25:23,770
(suspenseful music)

545
00:25:23,770 --> 00:25:27,550
They manage to disable the CCTV,

546
00:25:27,550 --> 00:25:30,645
and insert archive footage in there instead.

547
00:25:30,645 --> 00:25:32,870
(locks clicking)

548
00:25:32,870 --> 00:25:33,930
The next layer,

549
00:25:33,930 --> 00:25:35,730
{\an8}the vault doors combination dial

550
00:25:35,730 --> 00:25:39,160
{\an8}has 100 million possible combinations.

551
00:25:39,160 --> 00:25:41,070
Thanks to Leo's pen camera footage,

552
00:25:41,070 --> 00:25:42,520
the team knows the right one,

553
00:25:43,490 --> 00:25:47,170
but they still need a one of a kind one foot long key,

554
00:25:47,170 --> 00:25:48,813
that's security layer three.

555
00:25:50,039 --> 00:25:52,230
There were then seismic alarms.

556
00:25:52,230 --> 00:25:53,530
And these are silent alarms,

557
00:25:53,530 --> 00:25:56,390
so you don't even know if you set them off or not.

558
00:25:56,390 --> 00:26:00,540
They used a kind of hairspray to damage the sensor,

559
00:26:00,540 --> 00:26:03,951
which would set off an alarm if there was any movement.

560
00:26:03,951 --> 00:26:06,990
(suspenseful music)

561
00:26:06,990 --> 00:26:08,770
{\an8}After they managed to open the door,

562
00:26:08,770 --> 00:26:12,183
they use an aluminum device to deceive a magnetic sensor.

563
00:26:13,460 --> 00:26:15,770
Then they break through a locked steel grade

564
00:26:15,770 --> 00:26:17,960
and disable another camera.

565
00:26:17,960 --> 00:26:21,270
They then are faced by thermal sensors,

566
00:26:21,270 --> 00:26:22,760
sensing their body heat.

567
00:26:22,760 --> 00:26:25,670
They also have to overcome light sensors,

568
00:26:25,670 --> 00:26:29,040
so everything has to be done in darkness.

569
00:26:29,040 --> 00:26:31,150
They only flick on flashlights for a second

570
00:26:31,150 --> 00:26:33,670
or two at a time.
(clock ticking)

571
00:26:33,670 --> 00:26:37,610
To the final layer, Leo gave them the code for a key pad

572
00:26:37,610 --> 00:26:39,513
that controls the internal alarms.

573
00:26:40,740 --> 00:26:45,090
Against all odds, the team defeats 10 layers of security

574
00:26:45,090 --> 00:26:46,420
and enter the volt.

575
00:26:46,420 --> 00:26:49,030
So they have to use a custom made drill

576
00:26:49,030 --> 00:26:52,200
to get in to the various security boxes,

577
00:26:52,200 --> 00:26:57,200
and they manage to empty 109 out of 189 boxes.

578
00:26:57,320 --> 00:26:58,270
Believe it or not,

579
00:26:58,270 --> 00:27:03,107
100 Million Leo steals $100 million worth of diamonds.

580
00:27:03,107 --> 00:27:05,300
That's a successful heist.

581
00:27:05,300 --> 00:27:07,960
Notarbartolo spent years

582
00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:10,490
both figuring out how to break into the safe,

583
00:27:10,490 --> 00:27:13,240
but also ingratiating himself within the community

584
00:27:13,240 --> 00:27:15,050
so that no one would suspect him.

585
00:27:15,050 --> 00:27:16,503
He really had a long game.

586
00:27:17,420 --> 00:27:19,140
The long game is when a criminal takes

587
00:27:19,140 --> 00:27:21,320
a long time to plan a heist,

588
00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:23,713
with the expectation of a long payout.

589
00:27:23,713 --> 00:27:25,450
(suspenseful music)
(camera clicks)

590
00:27:25,450 --> 00:27:27,600
The Antwerp diamond heist isn't detected

591
00:27:27,600 --> 00:27:30,063
until Monday morning, when the vault is opened.

592
00:27:31,290 --> 00:27:33,380
You did it, you pulled it off, you've got it.

593
00:27:33,380 --> 00:27:35,750
Then you bring yourself back down and you try to think,

594
00:27:35,750 --> 00:27:36,690
is everybody all right?

595
00:27:36,690 --> 00:27:38,490
Did anybody leave anything behind?

596
00:27:38,490 --> 00:27:41,740
For all of 100 Million Leo's genius,

597
00:27:41,740 --> 00:27:43,323
he's undone by $5.

598
00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:48,090
Bags of garbage left in the woods, tie him to the heist.

599
00:27:48,090 --> 00:27:50,160
They bought a sandwich nearby,

600
00:27:50,160 --> 00:27:52,480
and I think one of them still had the receipt.

601
00:27:52,480 --> 00:27:54,270
Who would have thought a discarded sandwich

602
00:27:54,270 --> 00:27:57,297
was enough to get the police onto you?

603
00:27:58,334 --> 00:28:00,870
A $5 sandwich gets 100 Million Leo,

604
00:28:00,870 --> 00:28:02,573
{\an8}a 10 year prison sentence,

605
00:28:03,440 --> 00:28:06,023
{\an8}but he gets out four years early for good behavior.

606
00:28:07,100 --> 00:28:09,320
Good behavior and a long game

607
00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:12,510
can be what separates masterminds from thugs.

608
00:28:12,510 --> 00:28:15,733
And they transform a French thief into a media darling.

609
00:28:18,050 --> 00:28:20,000
If I was gonna steal a famous work of art,

610
00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:24,260
it would probably be a Vincent van Gogh's "Irises."

611
00:28:24,260 --> 00:28:26,770
I could probably look at that every single day of my life.

612
00:28:26,770 --> 00:28:28,355
If I was gonna steal a famous work of art,

613
00:28:28,355 --> 00:28:29,770
it would be that banana,

614
00:28:29,770 --> 00:28:30,830
'cause people would expect it the least.

615
00:28:30,830 --> 00:28:32,710
Make sure the laser grids up for "The Mona Lisa,"

616
00:28:32,710 --> 00:28:34,470
but like, don't worry about "The banana."

617
00:28:34,470 --> 00:28:36,373
I would steal the statue of David,

618
00:28:37,760 --> 00:28:39,090
'cause if you've seen his genitalia

619
00:28:39,090 --> 00:28:41,439
it would make me feel better about myself.

620
00:28:41,439 --> 00:28:44,680
(bright music)

621
00:28:44,680 --> 00:28:46,080
Parisian born Vjeran Tomic,

622
00:28:46,080 --> 00:28:49,690
claims his devious tendencies started when he was a kid.

623
00:28:49,690 --> 00:28:52,150
His parents sent him to live with his grandmother in Bosnia

624
00:28:52,150 --> 00:28:53,410
for a few years.

625
00:28:53,410 --> 00:28:56,710
And he became skilled at scaling Mostar's stone bridges,

626
00:28:56,710 --> 00:29:00,682
and then dropping into the water below, just for kicks.

627
00:29:00,682 --> 00:29:02,054
(water splashes)

628
00:29:02,054 --> 00:29:04,721
(playful music)

629
00:29:06,890 --> 00:29:09,720
At the age of 10, Vjeran does this first heist,

630
00:29:09,720 --> 00:29:12,420
climbing 10 feet through the open window of a library.

631
00:29:14,660 --> 00:29:18,213
He steals two beautiful and very expensive antique books,

632
00:29:19,470 --> 00:29:22,240
which a disapproving friend later returns,

633
00:29:22,240 --> 00:29:23,690
but Vjeran his hooked.

634
00:29:23,690 --> 00:29:25,220
When he moves back to Paris,

635
00:29:25,220 --> 00:29:27,340
he wants to surround himself with beautiful,

636
00:29:27,340 --> 00:29:29,520
and expensive things.

637
00:29:29,520 --> 00:29:30,720
At an art gallery,

638
00:29:30,720 --> 00:29:35,190
{\an8}he is blown away by the beauty of the art that he sees

639
00:29:35,190 --> 00:29:36,610
{\an8}as a teenager.

640
00:29:36,610 --> 00:29:40,150
He was fascinated by Renoir, and wanted to be a painter.

641
00:29:40,150 --> 00:29:44,100
{\an8}And his father told him nobody makes a living as a painter.

642
00:29:44,100 --> 00:29:46,700
Teen rebellion kicks in.

643
00:29:46,700 --> 00:29:49,840
He starts going with friends to Pere Lachaise,

644
00:29:49,840 --> 00:29:52,220
the huge cemetery in Paris,

645
00:29:52,220 --> 00:29:55,410
where he develops his acrobatic skills,

646
00:29:55,410 --> 00:29:57,613
jumping from mausoleum to mausoleum.

647
00:29:59,200 --> 00:30:00,270
From the age of 16,

648
00:30:00,270 --> 00:30:03,940
he's scaling the facades of multi-story buildings in Paris.

649
00:30:03,940 --> 00:30:05,780
He's seen leaping between rooftops,

650
00:30:05,780 --> 00:30:07,930
and uses crossbows and carabiners,

651
00:30:07,930 --> 00:30:11,480
to crawl into apartments while the occupants are asleep.

652
00:30:11,480 --> 00:30:15,970
He's given the nickname of L'araignee or the Spider-Man.

653
00:30:15,970 --> 00:30:18,830
He really enjoys the finer things in life.

654
00:30:18,830 --> 00:30:23,660
Fine cheeses and wines, and this extends into artwork.

655
00:30:23,660 --> 00:30:24,860
One night, he has a dream

656
00:30:24,860 --> 00:30:28,070
that he steals five masterpieces from a museum.

657
00:30:28,070 --> 00:30:32,036
He takes it as a sign that he's about to do something great.

658
00:30:32,036 --> 00:30:34,619
(upbeat music)

659
00:30:36,050 --> 00:30:39,350
In 2017, "Salvator Mundi" by Leonardo da Vinci

660
00:30:39,350 --> 00:30:42,513
{\an8}sold for $450.3 million.

661
00:30:43,610 --> 00:30:47,670
Every year, an estimated 6 billion worth of art is stolen.

662
00:30:47,670 --> 00:30:51,000
Art theft is comparable in dollar value to arms dealing,

663
00:30:51,000 --> 00:30:53,280
drug trafficking, and money laundering.

664
00:30:53,280 --> 00:30:54,640
People love art.

665
00:30:54,640 --> 00:30:55,680
Sold to you.

666
00:30:55,680 --> 00:30:57,070
And so do thieves.

667
00:30:57,070 --> 00:31:01,140
They steal it either because it's been ordered by somebody

668
00:31:01,140 --> 00:31:02,800
or in order to sell it,

669
00:31:02,800 --> 00:31:05,700
but there are some people who steal paintings

670
00:31:05,700 --> 00:31:08,940
because they just enjoy having an extraordinary painting

671
00:31:08,940 --> 00:31:10,120
in their possession.

672
00:31:10,120 --> 00:31:13,340
{\an8}Lots of crimes are described as victimless crimes.

673
00:31:13,340 --> 00:31:14,920
In the case of heists,

674
00:31:14,920 --> 00:31:18,260
there there's no one individual that walks away hurt

675
00:31:18,260 --> 00:31:19,590
because of insurance.

676
00:31:19,590 --> 00:31:22,373
So they're not hurt in the long-term by what occurs.

677
00:31:23,710 --> 00:31:26,840
It's 2010, Harrison's museum of modern art

678
00:31:26,840 --> 00:31:30,000
is home to more than 15,000 masterpieces,

679
00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:33,053
and a destination for 800,000 tourists each year.

680
00:31:34,790 --> 00:31:38,063
Only Spider-Man isn't a tourist, he's on a scouting mission.

681
00:31:39,260 --> 00:31:41,270
Scouting missions are absolutely essential

682
00:31:41,270 --> 00:31:43,670
if you're going to carry out a proper heist,

683
00:31:43,670 --> 00:31:45,123
you have to do your homework.

684
00:31:46,150 --> 00:31:48,500
Outside, he notices one window is blocked

685
00:31:48,500 --> 00:31:50,980
from the security cameras by a parapet.

686
00:31:50,980 --> 00:31:53,140
Oh la la, those are some nice statues.

687
00:31:53,140 --> 00:31:54,160
Which during the day,

688
00:31:54,160 --> 00:31:56,560
is used by local skateboarders.

689
00:31:56,560 --> 00:32:00,230
Inside he sees motion sensors that flip from green to red

690
00:32:00,230 --> 00:32:03,763
whenever anyone passes by, but many are stuck on green.

691
00:32:05,190 --> 00:32:07,160
Full of fearlessness and daring,

692
00:32:07,160 --> 00:32:10,440
Spider-Man starts to weave his web of deception.

693
00:32:10,440 --> 00:32:11,850
There are things that happened in your life

694
00:32:11,850 --> 00:32:14,740
that maybe drain you of certain fears.

695
00:32:14,740 --> 00:32:17,570
One guy climbs a mountain, another woman goes skydiving,

696
00:32:17,570 --> 00:32:19,740
you know, those are to overcome certain fears,

697
00:32:19,740 --> 00:32:21,550
same thing when it came to a heist,

698
00:32:21,550 --> 00:32:23,300
it becomes part of your life.

699
00:32:23,300 --> 00:32:25,283
Your life is a crime in progress.

700
00:32:26,784 --> 00:32:27,720
(bright music)

701
00:32:27,720 --> 00:32:30,280
Paris, the city of light,

702
00:32:30,280 --> 00:32:33,700
but if you wanna steal art, you need darkness.

703
00:32:33,700 --> 00:32:36,920
It's midnight on May 14th, 2010,

704
00:32:36,920 --> 00:32:39,410
the Spider-Man is on the hunt for his prey,

705
00:32:39,410 --> 00:32:42,610
and the number eight, looms large.

706
00:32:42,610 --> 00:32:44,550
Out of sight of the security cameras,

707
00:32:44,550 --> 00:32:47,823
Spider-Man dabs the window frame with paint-stripping acid.

708
00:32:48,700 --> 00:32:50,420
It's taken him eight nights,

709
00:32:50,420 --> 00:32:52,743
but he's finally able to pull out the screws.

710
00:32:53,870 --> 00:32:56,830
He uses suction cups to remove the glass,

711
00:32:56,830 --> 00:32:59,780
and he has bolt cutters to cut through

712
00:32:59,780 --> 00:33:01,310
the metal grate inside.

713
00:33:01,310 --> 00:33:03,614
He climbs inside,

714
00:33:03,614 --> 00:33:05,340
then climbs straight back out.

715
00:33:05,340 --> 00:33:08,710
What criminals do is they see if the alarm goes off,

716
00:33:08,710 --> 00:33:11,330
and that's exactly what Tomic did.

717
00:33:11,330 --> 00:33:14,853
He wandered by the scene just to see if anybody appeared.

718
00:33:17,310 --> 00:33:20,297
He waits 15 minutes, when no police turn up,

719
00:33:20,297 --> 00:33:22,760
and the motion sensors are still on green,

720
00:33:22,760 --> 00:33:26,410
he goes back in and sets his sights on the priceless art.

721
00:33:26,410 --> 00:33:29,090
He had been commissioned to steal a Leger.

722
00:33:29,090 --> 00:33:32,640
{\an8}He stole it, and while he was in there he noticed,

723
00:33:32,640 --> 00:33:37,580
{\an8}oh, a Modigliani, a Matisse, a Picasso, and Braque,

724
00:33:37,580 --> 00:33:41,070
and took five paintings while he was inside.

725
00:33:41,070 --> 00:33:45,140
He then leaves with this bundle of artwork,

726
00:33:45,140 --> 00:33:46,570
and drives away.

727
00:33:46,570 --> 00:33:48,180
When the police arrive the next morning,

728
00:33:48,180 --> 00:33:50,483
they find five empty pitcher frames.

729
00:33:51,830 --> 00:33:55,200
Worth an estimated total of €104 million,

730
00:33:55,200 --> 00:33:57,133
or about $112 million,

731
00:33:57,970 --> 00:34:00,560
there hasn't been an art heist of this magnitude

732
00:34:00,560 --> 00:34:01,563
in a decade.

733
00:34:02,430 --> 00:34:04,790
The great problem with art crimes

734
00:34:04,790 --> 00:34:08,150
is that there's no way of putting it on the open market

735
00:34:08,150 --> 00:34:09,600
and selling it.

736
00:34:09,600 --> 00:34:12,040
That means even an art thief working alone

737
00:34:12,040 --> 00:34:13,940
needs accomplices.

738
00:34:13,940 --> 00:34:15,260
{\an8}You got to have a fence.

739
00:34:15,260 --> 00:34:18,110
{\an8}You may as well steal nothing, if you don't have a fence.

740
00:34:19,060 --> 00:34:21,330
The fence is a person who takes the stolen loot

741
00:34:21,330 --> 00:34:22,880
off the hands of the robber,

742
00:34:22,880 --> 00:34:25,210
stashes it until everything cools down,

743
00:34:25,210 --> 00:34:27,763
and then resells it to individual buyers.

744
00:34:28,800 --> 00:34:29,977
I would go to my fence and say,

745
00:34:29,977 --> 00:34:31,420
"What would you give me on this?"

746
00:34:31,420 --> 00:34:33,820
And he might tell me, "I give you 20 cents on the dollar."

747
00:34:33,820 --> 00:34:36,480
Maybe I'll try to get them up to 30 cents,

748
00:34:36,480 --> 00:34:38,850
and we'll negotiate to a quarter,

749
00:34:38,850 --> 00:34:42,310
but whatever it is, we made that deal before I robbed it.

750
00:34:42,310 --> 00:34:45,095
So that I know as soon as it's done, I can take it to him.

751
00:34:45,095 --> 00:34:47,845
(dramatic music)

752
00:34:49,560 --> 00:34:50,860
The public wants to know

753
00:34:50,860 --> 00:34:53,310
who stole the five paintings.

754
00:34:53,310 --> 00:34:55,200
Most expensive work taken

755
00:34:55,200 --> 00:34:59,683
appears to be this Picasso, worth an estimated $28 million.

756
00:35:01,000 --> 00:35:03,890
And one year later, they get their answer.

757
00:35:03,890 --> 00:35:07,530
This wasn't a big team of art thieves.

758
00:35:07,530 --> 00:35:10,336
No, this is the French Spider-Man.

759
00:35:10,336 --> 00:35:11,290
(camera shutters)

760
00:35:11,290 --> 00:35:13,440
The Spider-Man is working with antiques dealer,

761
00:35:13,440 --> 00:35:15,560
Jean Michel Corvez, to hide the paintings,

762
00:35:15,560 --> 00:35:17,270
and sell at a later date.

763
00:35:17,270 --> 00:35:21,600
Spider-Man seems safe, but he can't keep his mouth shut.

764
00:35:21,600 --> 00:35:26,600
He started boasting at a party about his successful heist.

765
00:35:26,850 --> 00:35:29,870
I just did the most amazing thing.

766
00:35:29,870 --> 00:35:32,630
As a result, he got reported,

767
00:35:32,630 --> 00:35:35,453
and ultimately he confessed to the police.

768
00:35:36,490 --> 00:35:38,350
If you're planning a big heist,

769
00:35:38,350 --> 00:35:40,820
you better hope you also have the personality trait

770
00:35:40,820 --> 00:35:42,520
of being good at keeping a secret.

771
00:35:43,554 --> 00:35:46,850
(suspenseful music)

772
00:35:46,850 --> 00:35:48,290
The prosecutor proclaims that

773
00:35:48,290 --> 00:35:51,623
Vjeran stole masterpieces from all of humanity.

774
00:35:52,932 --> 00:35:56,849
{\an8}(speaks in a foreign language)

775
00:35:59,020 --> 00:36:02,580
But the press thrilled by his acrobatic prowess,

776
00:36:02,580 --> 00:36:05,910
catapult him to superhero status.

777
00:36:05,910 --> 00:36:08,380
I think people are sympathetic to the fact that

778
00:36:08,380 --> 00:36:10,500
he's carried out this extraordinary crime,

779
00:36:10,500 --> 00:36:12,720
and therefore not to upset,

780
00:36:12,720 --> 00:36:15,693
the only sentence he gets is eight years.

781
00:36:16,550 --> 00:36:19,270
An eight day job gets Vjeran eight years,

782
00:36:19,270 --> 00:36:23,040
which is surprisingly lenient for our eight-legged thief.

783
00:36:23,040 --> 00:36:28,040
The trial was in 2017, which means he gets out in 2025.

784
00:36:28,400 --> 00:36:30,460
The stolen paintings were never found.

785
00:36:30,460 --> 00:36:32,600
So it's possible, they will be sold for millions

786
00:36:32,600 --> 00:36:35,220
once Vjeran and his accomplice, get out of jail.

787
00:36:35,220 --> 00:36:36,680
{\an8}But if you're playing the long game,

788
00:36:36,680 --> 00:36:40,060
{\an8}like 100 Million Leo, and the Spider-Man,

789
00:36:40,060 --> 00:36:43,783
how old is too old for that one last job?

790
00:36:45,230 --> 00:36:47,910
What do I think the average age of a heister is?

791
00:36:47,910 --> 00:36:49,493
I bet like 22.

792
00:36:50,360 --> 00:36:53,440
The average age of a heister would be about 45.

793
00:36:53,440 --> 00:36:55,770
I feel like being a heister is like a young man's game,

794
00:36:55,770 --> 00:36:57,930
right, because you gotta be able to like be flexible,

795
00:36:57,930 --> 00:37:01,481
and avoid those lasers and stuff.

796
00:37:01,481 --> 00:37:02,630
(cameras shutter)

797
00:37:02,630 --> 00:37:04,630
What's the difference between a perfect heist

798
00:37:04,630 --> 00:37:06,570
and a total disaster?

799
00:37:06,570 --> 00:37:09,653
275 years and a couple of pints.

800
00:37:10,572 --> 00:37:13,322
(dramatic music)

801
00:37:17,021 --> 00:37:17,891
(cameras shutter)

802
00:37:17,891 --> 00:37:20,450
This hole is what the Hatton Garden safe deposit staff

803
00:37:20,450 --> 00:37:22,430
first saw when they opened the vault

804
00:37:22,430 --> 00:37:26,393
in London's Diamond District, on April 7th, 2015.

805
00:37:27,360 --> 00:37:29,060
But the cops have a lead,

806
00:37:29,060 --> 00:37:32,860
the security video shows two men disguised as gas workers

807
00:37:32,860 --> 00:37:34,863
scoping the outside of the volts.

808
00:37:35,800 --> 00:37:40,240
A white van pulls up, additional crew members unload gear.

809
00:37:40,240 --> 00:37:42,750
This is all the police had to go on,

810
00:37:42,750 --> 00:37:45,674
and all the heisters had was 7%.

811
00:37:45,674 --> 00:37:48,110
Let's say you're doing a business, or a bank,

812
00:37:48,110 --> 00:37:51,380
or something that's closed for a three-day holiday weekend.

813
00:37:51,380 --> 00:37:54,130
You get in there and you got the whole weekend.

814
00:37:54,130 --> 00:37:56,600
It's April 3rd, 2015.

815
00:37:56,600 --> 00:37:58,690
Good Friday of Easter weekend.

816
00:37:58,690 --> 00:38:01,750
After a successful scouting mission the day before,

817
00:38:01,750 --> 00:38:03,940
an alarm inside the volt is triggered,

818
00:38:03,940 --> 00:38:06,510
and the Hatton Garden robbers spring into action.

819
00:38:06,510 --> 00:38:08,420
They had an alarm specialist

820
00:38:08,420 --> 00:38:11,620
who was known only to them as Basil,

821
00:38:11,620 --> 00:38:14,960
which stood for the best alarms specialist in London.

822
00:38:14,960 --> 00:38:16,460
He got them into the building.

823
00:38:17,409 --> 00:38:18,820
(alarm beeping)

824
00:38:18,820 --> 00:38:21,410
The alarm sends out an emergency text,

825
00:38:21,410 --> 00:38:23,840
a security guard arrives at the scene.

826
00:38:23,840 --> 00:38:25,250
He checks the front doors,

827
00:38:25,250 --> 00:38:27,053
and sees that they are still locked.

828
00:38:27,990 --> 00:38:30,160
{\an8}False alarms happen all the time,

829
00:38:30,160 --> 00:38:32,350
so they're quite used to it, off he goes.

830
00:38:32,350 --> 00:38:34,860
The guard is unaware that beneath his feet,

831
00:38:34,860 --> 00:38:37,630
burglars are currently drilling through the concrete wall

832
00:38:37,630 --> 00:38:38,463
of the vault.

833
00:38:39,330 --> 00:38:43,140
They create a hole that is 20 inches deep, 18 inches wide,

834
00:38:43,140 --> 00:38:44,323
and 10 inches high.

835
00:38:45,610 --> 00:38:47,810
But the hole opens up to a heavy cabinet,

836
00:38:47,810 --> 00:38:51,346
they have to come back the next day with a battering ram,

837
00:38:51,346 --> 00:38:53,340
(ram banging)

838
00:38:53,340 --> 00:38:56,105
and are able to knock the cabinet over.

839
00:38:56,105 --> 00:39:01,080
(suspenseful music)
(cameras clicking)

840
00:39:01,080 --> 00:39:03,990
They ransack just 7% of the volt,

841
00:39:03,990 --> 00:39:08,600
{\an8}opening 73 of the 999 safe deposit boxes.

842
00:39:08,600 --> 00:39:11,610
{\an8}In this case, 7% isn't such a meager number.

843
00:39:11,610 --> 00:39:15,560
{\an8}It equates to an estimated $20 million worth of diamonds,

844
00:39:15,560 --> 00:39:18,387
gold, and jewelry.

845
00:39:18,387 --> 00:39:20,200
(suspenseful music)

846
00:39:20,200 --> 00:39:23,220
It's the biggest heist in British history.

847
00:39:23,220 --> 00:39:25,370
Diamond traders in this famous street

848
00:39:25,370 --> 00:39:26,720
were stunned.

849
00:39:26,720 --> 00:39:29,600
People, obviously who probably aren't insured

850
00:39:29,600 --> 00:39:31,310
have lost everything.

851
00:39:31,310 --> 00:39:33,990
The investigation is led by the flying squad,

852
00:39:33,990 --> 00:39:36,220
an elite unit within London's metropolitan

853
00:39:36,220 --> 00:39:37,170
police departments.

854
00:39:38,680 --> 00:39:40,890
It's organized, it's sophisticated,

855
00:39:40,890 --> 00:39:42,580
it's people who have planned it,

856
00:39:42,580 --> 00:39:43,914
and they know how they were gonna go about

857
00:39:43,914 --> 00:39:45,589
to commit this crime.

858
00:39:45,589 --> 00:39:48,577
(cameras shutter)
(suspenseful music)

859
00:39:48,577 --> 00:39:51,530
But the police have little or nothing to go on.

860
00:39:51,530 --> 00:39:54,690
There are no fingerprints, no forensic traces,

861
00:39:54,690 --> 00:39:56,800
and on the CCTV outside,

862
00:39:56,800 --> 00:39:59,940
the thieves were careful not to show their faces.

863
00:39:59,940 --> 00:40:02,340
Once you got what you went in for,

864
00:40:02,340 --> 00:40:05,260
that's the first time when you feel like you got away clean,

865
00:40:05,260 --> 00:40:07,763
the excitement levels like is up there.

866
00:40:09,020 --> 00:40:11,240
But that excitement doesn't last long,

867
00:40:11,240 --> 00:40:12,660
the diamonds are gone,

868
00:40:12,660 --> 00:40:15,340
but the heisters can be found in the numbers.

869
00:40:15,340 --> 00:40:18,193
In this case, automatic numberplate recognition.

870
00:40:19,260 --> 00:40:21,870
They committed the perfect theft,

871
00:40:21,870 --> 00:40:25,411
but everything that happened after that was a disaster.

872
00:40:25,411 --> 00:40:27,400
(dramatic music)

873
00:40:27,400 --> 00:40:30,060
The thieves may have disabled the CCTV cameras

874
00:40:30,060 --> 00:40:31,320
inside the vault,

875
00:40:31,320 --> 00:40:34,750
but they didn't disable the 160 security cameras

876
00:40:34,750 --> 00:40:36,800
that monitor the streets outside.

877
00:40:36,800 --> 00:40:40,600
CCTV in London is really very extensive.

878
00:40:40,600 --> 00:40:45,087
An average Londoner can expect to be captured on CCTV

879
00:40:45,087 --> 00:40:47,100
300 times in a single day.

880
00:40:47,100 --> 00:40:50,920
There are well over half a million cameras

881
00:40:50,920 --> 00:40:53,630
scattered through London.

882
00:40:53,630 --> 00:40:55,550
It's said that for every 12 person,

883
00:40:55,550 --> 00:40:57,630
there's one CCTV camera.

884
00:40:57,630 --> 00:41:01,720
It's very difficult to go anywhere without being identified.

885
00:41:01,720 --> 00:41:03,320
These cameras capture the image

886
00:41:03,320 --> 00:41:06,240
of a distinctive white Mercedes with a black roof,

887
00:41:06,240 --> 00:41:08,090
and black alloy wheels,

888
00:41:08,090 --> 00:41:11,163
making repeat trips to the Hatton Garden area.

889
00:41:12,030 --> 00:41:13,020
As a result,

890
00:41:13,020 --> 00:41:17,610
{\an8}the license plate is matched to a Kenny Collins.

891
00:41:17,610 --> 00:41:20,030
So the police track him down.

892
00:41:20,030 --> 00:41:21,920
The police attach a tracking device

893
00:41:21,920 --> 00:41:23,740
to the Mercedes,

894
00:41:23,740 --> 00:41:26,590
{\an8}which leads them to two other career criminals,

895
00:41:26,590 --> 00:41:28,683
{\an8}Brian Reader, and Terry Perkins.

896
00:41:29,780 --> 00:41:32,210
They track their mobile phones across London,

897
00:41:32,210 --> 00:41:35,320
which leads to the three of them being filmed by the police

898
00:41:35,320 --> 00:41:37,500
inside The Castle pub.

899
00:41:37,500 --> 00:41:41,680
They hear these heisters boasting about the fact that

900
00:41:41,680 --> 00:41:44,110
they have committed the greatest,

901
00:41:44,110 --> 00:41:47,890
the biggest, effing robbery of all time.

902
00:41:47,890 --> 00:41:50,500
They are really proud of themselves.

903
00:41:50,500 --> 00:41:53,200
But loose lips are nothing to be proud of.

904
00:41:53,200 --> 00:41:55,780
In fact, for the Hatton Garden heisters,

905
00:41:55,780 --> 00:41:56,993
they're full of regret.

906
00:41:58,150 --> 00:42:00,800
Have I ever revealed too much after a few drinks?

907
00:42:00,800 --> 00:42:03,420
Uh, yeah (laughs). Hasn't everybody?

908
00:42:03,420 --> 00:42:08,420
I have 100% revealed too much after drinking many drinks.

909
00:42:11,170 --> 00:42:15,563
That's why apple flavored vodka is an big no from me.

910
00:42:16,690 --> 00:42:18,390
If you wanna plan a heist,

911
00:42:18,390 --> 00:42:21,707
you should select guys for your team that are teetotalers.

912
00:42:21,707 --> 00:42:24,380
(dramatic music)

913
00:42:24,380 --> 00:42:25,213
This morning,

914
00:42:25,213 --> 00:42:29,423
12 addresses have been raided across London and Kent area.

915
00:42:30,330 --> 00:42:31,340
While searching the homes

916
00:42:31,340 --> 00:42:32,800
of the Hatton Garden suspects,

917
00:42:32,800 --> 00:42:36,260
the police find a copy of "Forensic For Dummies,"

918
00:42:36,260 --> 00:42:37,560
and on a computer,

919
00:42:37,560 --> 00:42:40,263
a series of Google searches on industrial drills.

920
00:42:41,740 --> 00:42:43,890
But what shocks the world is the discovery that

921
00:42:43,890 --> 00:42:47,010
the perpetrators are no spring chickens.

922
00:42:47,010 --> 00:42:48,800
The Hatton Garden heisters

923
00:42:48,800 --> 00:42:50,890
were largely in their seventies.

924
00:42:50,890 --> 00:42:52,423
This was an elderly team.

925
00:42:53,880 --> 00:42:54,713
Well done.

926
00:42:54,713 --> 00:42:55,850
Once you retire, you have to find a hobby,

927
00:42:55,850 --> 00:42:58,920
so if it's sealing $20 million worth of jewelry,

928
00:42:58,920 --> 00:42:59,753
good on them.

929
00:42:59,753 --> 00:43:02,570
Just thinking about my grandpa who's also 70,

930
00:43:02,570 --> 00:43:06,810
he seriously hurt himself trying to go pee the other day.

931
00:43:06,810 --> 00:43:08,540
So...
(playful music)

932
00:43:08,540 --> 00:43:10,780
One of them had diabetes,

933
00:43:10,780 --> 00:43:11,790
and had to have injections

934
00:43:11,790 --> 00:43:13,810
during the course of the burglary,

935
00:43:13,810 --> 00:43:18,810
others had urinary problems.
(water splashes)

936
00:43:21,150 --> 00:43:23,200
But despite their infirmaries,

937
00:43:23,200 --> 00:43:26,080
they still managed to bust their way into the volts.

938
00:43:26,080 --> 00:43:28,530
When the arrests started being made,

939
00:43:28,530 --> 00:43:32,260
they became known as the Diamond Wheezers,

940
00:43:32,260 --> 00:43:33,350
'cause they were elderly,

941
00:43:33,350 --> 00:43:36,630
the French papers called them the Grandads' Gang,

942
00:43:36,630 --> 00:43:37,783
Gang du Papys.

943
00:43:38,860 --> 00:43:39,840
The Diamond Geezers

944
00:43:39,840 --> 00:43:41,780
really are in a league of their own.

945
00:43:41,780 --> 00:43:43,800
Research shows that those who heist,

946
00:43:43,800 --> 00:43:46,170
typically have a solid decade of experience

947
00:43:46,170 --> 00:43:48,123
above and beyond the common thief.

948
00:43:50,360 --> 00:43:51,860
Typical robbers and thieves

949
00:43:51,860 --> 00:43:54,960
are between the ages of 24 and 27,

950
00:43:54,960 --> 00:43:59,470
whereas the average age of a heister 36.1 years.

951
00:43:59,470 --> 00:44:02,320
But the Diamond Geezers blow those numbers out of the water

952
00:44:02,320 --> 00:44:05,950
with an average age of 69 years.

953
00:44:05,950 --> 00:44:07,750
Has anybody seen my walker?

954
00:44:07,750 --> 00:44:11,293
And a combined age of 275 years.

955
00:44:12,130 --> 00:44:14,670
But all that potential wisdom doesn't balance out

956
00:44:14,670 --> 00:44:17,490
their ignorance of modern surveillance technology.

957
00:44:17,490 --> 00:44:19,770
The judge told them that they were seen as

958
00:44:19,770 --> 00:44:22,253
analog criminals in the digital age,

959
00:44:23,440 --> 00:44:25,720
because they were unaware of some of the ways

960
00:44:25,720 --> 00:44:27,417
that they might be traced.

961
00:44:27,417 --> 00:44:29,490
£14 Million pounds is stolen

962
00:44:29,490 --> 00:44:30,820
from Hatton Garden,

963
00:44:30,820 --> 00:44:33,870
and only 4.2 million is recovered.

964
00:44:33,870 --> 00:44:36,890
If there is still some loot stashed away,

965
00:44:36,890 --> 00:44:39,660
one can only hope the long game isn't too long

966
00:44:39,660 --> 00:44:41,748
for these old farts.

967
00:44:41,748 --> 00:44:43,600
(suspenseful music)

968
00:44:43,600 --> 00:44:46,520
Today, the security measures around banks, vaults,

969
00:44:46,520 --> 00:44:50,230
and museums have gotten too advanced for most heisters.

970
00:44:50,230 --> 00:44:52,890
The main criminal intelligence now

971
00:44:52,890 --> 00:44:54,560
goes into cyber crime.

972
00:44:54,560 --> 00:44:56,750
It's just a bloke sitting as a laptop,

973
00:44:56,750 --> 00:44:59,610
transferring money into his bank account.

974
00:44:59,610 --> 00:45:01,970
On August 10th, 2021,

975
00:45:01,970 --> 00:45:06,070
hackers stole $613 million in cryptocurrency.

976
00:45:06,070 --> 00:45:08,173
The largest heist of its kind to date.

977
00:45:09,060 --> 00:45:12,270
Cyber crime is not nearly as exciting a story to tell,

978
00:45:12,270 --> 00:45:14,280
but it's the future of great heists.

979
00:45:14,280 --> 00:45:16,870
Using new and more sophisticated ways

980
00:45:16,870 --> 00:45:18,170
of sticking it to the man.

981
00:45:19,110 --> 00:45:20,220
The evolution of a criminal

982
00:45:20,220 --> 00:45:24,210
is like the evolution of any other industry.

983
00:45:24,210 --> 00:45:26,190
So if you're not scared of the number,

984
00:45:26,190 --> 00:45:27,350
then there's nothing different.

985
00:45:27,350 --> 00:45:28,630
It's just a bigger take.

986
00:45:28,630 --> 00:45:31,189
The difference is just how big you could think.

987
00:45:31,189 --> 00:45:32,800
(notes rustling)

988
00:45:32,800 --> 00:45:34,950
Sometimes people can just jack crazy amounts of money,

989
00:45:34,950 --> 00:45:37,490
go full Robin Hood, just to give the finger to the system.

990
00:45:37,490 --> 00:45:38,770
If I was gonna be on the run,

991
00:45:38,770 --> 00:45:40,010
I'd probably go somewhere tropical.

992
00:45:40,010 --> 00:45:41,210
Just because if you're gonna on the run,

993
00:45:41,210 --> 00:45:42,867
you might as well do it with a tan.

994
00:45:42,867 --> 00:45:44,380
I bet it seems pretty important to have an inside man,

995
00:45:44,380 --> 00:45:46,440
'cause most of the stuff that you want is on the inside.

996
00:45:46,440 --> 00:45:48,230
So it will help to have a man there.

997
00:45:48,230 --> 00:45:50,070
What kind of getaway car would I drive?

998
00:45:50,070 --> 00:45:53,750
Uh, I would say a souped up Dodge Caravans

999
00:45:53,750 --> 00:45:55,050
with a couple of baby seats.

1000
00:45:55,050 --> 00:45:57,325
Yeah, you wanna definitely confuse the police.

1001
00:45:57,325 --> 00:45:59,908
(bright music)