1 00:00:00,134 --> 00:00:03,770 (sirens blaring) (clock ticking) 2 00:00:03,770 --> 00:00:06,670 If I was a criminal, what kind of criminal I'd be? 3 00:00:06,670 --> 00:00:11,637 I'd be like that sexy Bond villain, hm, but also. 4 00:00:11,637 --> 00:00:13,340 You know, I wanna be that guy in the background 5 00:00:13,340 --> 00:00:14,980 that kind of like draws the map, 6 00:00:14,980 --> 00:00:18,920 and then I wait in my lair for my minions to go out there 7 00:00:18,920 --> 00:00:21,420 and handle the dangerous parts. 8 00:00:21,420 --> 00:00:24,163 It would have something to do with accounting fraud. 9 00:00:24,163 --> 00:00:27,590 (laughs) But not on purpose, just 'cause I'm bad at math. 10 00:00:27,590 --> 00:00:30,550 I would pull up a heist that stole money 11 00:00:30,550 --> 00:00:32,960 from the people who shouldn't have all the money. 12 00:00:32,960 --> 00:00:36,200 But for me to be involved in a heist, 13 00:00:36,200 --> 00:00:39,732 the jackpot would have to be astronomical. 14 00:00:39,732 --> 00:00:42,020 (bombs blasting) (dramatic music) 15 00:00:42,020 --> 00:00:44,290 Not every criminal can pull off a heist, 16 00:00:44,290 --> 00:00:48,028 but they all know that the best crime pays big. 17 00:00:48,028 --> 00:00:51,560 A heist is a high stakes robbery that uses an elaborate plan 18 00:00:51,560 --> 00:00:53,510 for a lot of numbers in the pocketbook. 19 00:00:54,500 --> 00:00:55,477 I've met people who said, 20 00:00:55,477 --> 00:00:58,260 "I pulled off a heist, it was 500 bucks." 21 00:00:58,260 --> 00:01:00,660 A heist to me is a couple of hundred thousand. 22 00:01:00,660 --> 00:01:03,067 That's a lot dough for just a minute's work. 23 00:01:03,067 --> 00:01:05,690 Million, 2 million and more. 24 00:01:05,690 --> 00:01:07,360 Heist is not for your everyday 25 00:01:07,360 --> 00:01:09,340 low level scumbag. 26 00:01:09,340 --> 00:01:11,230 You have to have nerves of steel, 27 00:01:11,230 --> 00:01:13,840 you have to have a brain that can plan something. 28 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:15,590 Nobody sees the others without a mask. 29 00:01:15,590 --> 00:01:17,730 And you have to have good connections. 30 00:01:17,730 --> 00:01:19,360 Heists are often ripping off 31 00:01:19,360 --> 00:01:23,140 someone who's incredibly wealthy or a faceless bank. 32 00:01:23,140 --> 00:01:25,430 That's why heists also popular 33 00:01:25,430 --> 00:01:28,890 because everybody likes a good rogue. 34 00:01:28,890 --> 00:01:32,550 With a combined total of over $275 million 35 00:01:32,550 --> 00:01:33,870 in stolen loot, 36 00:01:33,870 --> 00:01:36,880 these are five of the greatest heist in history, 37 00:01:36,880 --> 00:01:39,390 from the earliest to the most recent. 38 00:01:39,390 --> 00:01:43,233 Stories of who gets away with it, but mostly who doesn't. 39 00:01:44,100 --> 00:01:46,160 Because if you succeed at a heist 40 00:01:46,160 --> 00:01:47,516 we don't know who you are. 41 00:01:47,516 --> 00:01:50,849 (upbeat dramatic music) 42 00:01:52,437 --> 00:01:57,437 (locks clicking) (upbeat music) 43 00:02:05,902 --> 00:02:07,590 (kids cheering) 44 00:02:07,590 --> 00:02:11,010 {\an8}We've really been indoctrinated from childhood 45 00:02:11,010 --> 00:02:15,690 to have strong desires for wealth. 46 00:02:15,690 --> 00:02:18,960 So it's not surprising that we'd be easily tempted 47 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:22,810 to get those things by whatever means possible. 48 00:02:22,810 --> 00:02:25,610 Bruce Reynolds is the mastermind 49 00:02:25,610 --> 00:02:27,660 of the Great Train robbery. 50 00:02:27,660 --> 00:02:31,960 {\an8}He is the most unlikely of masterminds. 51 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:33,080 The army rejected him 52 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:35,080 because of his weak eyesight. 53 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:37,160 He wanted to be a journalist, 54 00:02:37,160 --> 00:02:39,070 but never got a chance to write. 55 00:02:39,070 --> 00:02:43,170 He was a messenger for a while, and then a petty crook. 56 00:02:43,170 --> 00:02:46,080 {\an8}Bruce meets robber Ronnie Biggs in Wandsworth prison, 57 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:47,913 and decides to stop working alone, 58 00:02:48,810 --> 00:02:51,750 because Bruce is tired of being a loser. 59 00:02:51,750 --> 00:02:54,350 He wants to be a winner in the big numbers game. 60 00:02:54,350 --> 00:02:56,933 (bright music) 61 00:02:57,960 --> 00:03:02,210 Our earliest heist story starts in London, 1963. 62 00:03:02,210 --> 00:03:03,800 Bank cards don't exist yet, 63 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:06,710 and credit cards have just been introduced. 64 00:03:06,710 --> 00:03:09,190 Your options for stealing large sums of money 65 00:03:09,190 --> 00:03:11,443 are places that house large sums of money, 66 00:03:12,300 --> 00:03:13,900 but they have a ton of security. 67 00:03:14,830 --> 00:03:18,300 Then Bruce gets a tip about a Royal Mail train, 68 00:03:18,300 --> 00:03:20,000 and he hatches a plan. 69 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:23,800 There would be a big chunk of money in the mail bags 70 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:25,090 {\an8}on that train. 71 00:03:25,090 --> 00:03:30,090 {\an8}That money was on its way to be destroyed down in England. 72 00:03:30,470 --> 00:03:32,090 It was coming from Glasgow. 73 00:03:32,090 --> 00:03:34,410 Therefore it meant that they were used notes 74 00:03:34,410 --> 00:03:36,050 and untraceable notes. 75 00:03:36,050 --> 00:03:37,860 Bruce's plan is to stop the train, 76 00:03:37,860 --> 00:03:41,250 and remove the money without anyone taking notice. 77 00:03:41,250 --> 00:03:44,810 It's deceptively simple, but it just might work. 78 00:03:44,810 --> 00:03:46,903 They just need to focus on the number 30. 79 00:03:48,260 --> 00:03:50,930 {\an8}A heist is the most exciting thing in the criminal world, 80 00:03:50,930 --> 00:03:52,020 {\an8}as far as I'm concerned. 81 00:03:52,020 --> 00:03:54,550 You walk away from it with a little bit of like an eff you 82 00:03:54,550 --> 00:03:56,670 to like the powers that be. 83 00:03:56,670 --> 00:03:59,490 A heist involves more planning than a typical robbery. 84 00:03:59,490 --> 00:04:03,090 You have to have somebody who's the "mastermind." 85 00:04:03,090 --> 00:04:05,080 Bruce decides that the train can be stopped 86 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:08,490 for 30 minutes before anyone gets suspicious. 87 00:04:08,490 --> 00:04:12,640 So he gathers a team of 15 thieves, including Ronnie Biggs, 88 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:16,800 to haul out as many mail bags as they can with no violence. 89 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:18,350 The Great Train robbery, 90 00:04:18,350 --> 00:04:20,945 it's like something out of a cowboy movie. 91 00:04:20,945 --> 00:04:23,695 (dramatic music) 92 00:04:24,810 --> 00:04:26,240 It begins in the dead of night, 93 00:04:26,240 --> 00:04:29,450 on August 8th, 1963. 94 00:04:29,450 --> 00:04:31,173 15 men are watching the clock. 95 00:04:33,310 --> 00:04:35,810 These men will have just 30 minutes to try to pull off 96 00:04:35,810 --> 00:04:38,870 the biggest train robbery in British history. 97 00:04:38,870 --> 00:04:40,250 Just after 3:00 AM, 98 00:04:40,250 --> 00:04:43,163 the driver of the Royal Mail express sees a red signal, 99 00:04:45,330 --> 00:04:47,350 not knowing the green signal had been covered 100 00:04:47,350 --> 00:04:48,370 by the robbers. 101 00:04:48,370 --> 00:04:51,530 Onboard, come a bunch of the robbers. 102 00:04:51,530 --> 00:04:54,147 They make it very clear to the people working on the train, 103 00:04:54,147 --> 00:04:57,250 this is a robbery and that they shouldn't resist. 104 00:04:57,250 --> 00:05:00,590 The only resistance they get is from Jack Mills, 105 00:05:00,590 --> 00:05:01,913 who's the train driver. 106 00:05:04,680 --> 00:05:08,633 And because he resists them, they whack him on the head. 107 00:05:09,650 --> 00:05:12,110 So that was the first cock-up. 108 00:05:12,110 --> 00:05:14,440 {\an8}But time won't stop because you make a mistake. 109 00:05:14,440 --> 00:05:15,923 The train has 12 carts, 110 00:05:17,935 --> 00:05:19,850 but the gang are only interested in number two 111 00:05:19,850 --> 00:05:21,100 behind the locomotive, 112 00:05:21,100 --> 00:05:23,743 {\an8}known as the high value packages coach. 113 00:05:24,880 --> 00:05:28,250 Racing against the clock, they uncouple the other 10 carts, 114 00:05:28,250 --> 00:05:29,890 and to avoid any witnesses, 115 00:05:29,890 --> 00:05:32,020 Bruce has the move the train half a mile 116 00:05:32,020 --> 00:05:34,050 to the designated unloading spot. 117 00:05:34,050 --> 00:05:35,880 Let's get a move on, let's go. 118 00:05:35,880 --> 00:05:37,170 {\an8}With only 10 minutes left, 119 00:05:37,170 --> 00:05:41,103 {\an8}the gang form a human chain moving 120 bags of cash, 120 00:05:42,600 --> 00:05:44,290 {\an8}weighing an estimated 2.5 tons. 121 00:05:46,330 --> 00:05:48,910 {\an8}It's been 30 minutes and the coach isn't empty, 122 00:05:48,910 --> 00:05:51,710 {\an8}but wisely, they stick to Bruce's plan. 123 00:05:51,710 --> 00:05:53,470 {\an8}Eight bags are left behind. 124 00:05:53,470 --> 00:05:56,190 {\an8}They're so quick that the other 68 postal workers 125 00:05:56,190 --> 00:05:59,503 {\an8}in the 10 other coaches have no idea what's happened. 126 00:06:02,230 --> 00:06:04,300 Quick, before the cops show up. 127 00:06:04,300 --> 00:06:08,860 15 guys with an estimated £150,000 each, 128 00:06:08,860 --> 00:06:11,823 equivalent to $3.8 million today. 129 00:06:13,070 --> 00:06:15,670 At the time, the average yearly salary in Britain 130 00:06:15,670 --> 00:06:17,450 is about £1000. 131 00:06:17,450 --> 00:06:21,630 That means each crew member makes close to 150 years 132 00:06:21,630 --> 00:06:24,390 worth of wages in the space of 30 minutes. 133 00:06:24,390 --> 00:06:25,990 When we did a heist, we had a plan. 134 00:06:25,990 --> 00:06:27,810 If we all got chased and we had to split up, 135 00:06:27,810 --> 00:06:28,950 who are we gonna contact? 136 00:06:28,950 --> 00:06:29,783 Where we going? 137 00:06:29,783 --> 00:06:32,290 There had to be a safe house, maybe we'd meet. 138 00:06:32,290 --> 00:06:34,470 The safe house is the place where Bruce planned 139 00:06:34,470 --> 00:06:38,220 for the gang to divvy up their loot, confirm their alibis, 140 00:06:38,220 --> 00:06:41,010 and make sure they cover their tracks. 141 00:06:41,010 --> 00:06:44,640 Off they go to the farm that they have hired, 142 00:06:44,640 --> 00:06:46,470 about half an hour away. 143 00:06:46,470 --> 00:06:49,320 They feed the cat, they play a bit of monopoly. 144 00:06:49,320 --> 00:06:51,100 Bruce and his gang have no plans 145 00:06:51,100 --> 00:06:52,860 of going straight to jail. 146 00:06:52,860 --> 00:06:54,670 But when the police go public 147 00:06:54,670 --> 00:06:57,560 and comb a 30 mile radius from the robbery site, 148 00:06:57,560 --> 00:07:00,080 the gang has to scramble. 149 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:01,230 They were looking for a hideout 150 00:07:01,230 --> 00:07:02,990 within 30 miles of Cheddington, 151 00:07:02,990 --> 00:07:05,600 and they found it here at this farmhouse. 152 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:07,610 And it was because it so completely fitted 153 00:07:07,610 --> 00:07:11,163 the police description, that tip-off named this place. 154 00:07:12,040 --> 00:07:14,570 As these police photographs show, 155 00:07:14,570 --> 00:07:18,070 the farm was left in a state of disarray. 156 00:07:18,070 --> 00:07:21,010 Fingerprints confirmed that Bruce and his band of crooks 157 00:07:21,010 --> 00:07:23,350 are responsible for the robbery, 158 00:07:23,350 --> 00:07:24,973 but they're nowhere to be found. 159 00:07:26,120 --> 00:07:28,880 This is a team of 15 individuals 160 00:07:28,880 --> 00:07:32,090 who then flee around the globe. 161 00:07:32,090 --> 00:07:36,823 A manhunt takes place on a scale not witnessed before. 162 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:39,260 Within a month, 163 00:07:39,260 --> 00:07:42,540 the gang's safe house becomes a tourist attraction. 164 00:07:42,540 --> 00:07:44,863 The owner of the farm charges an entrance fee, 165 00:07:45,760 --> 00:07:48,863 and the police embarrassed with the enormity of the crime, 166 00:07:49,730 --> 00:07:52,343 double down on the hunt to capture the culprits. 167 00:07:53,890 --> 00:07:56,130 They carry on searching 168 00:07:56,130 --> 00:07:58,361 until they find almost all of them. 169 00:07:58,361 --> 00:08:01,670 (cameras clicking) (crowd cheering) 170 00:08:01,670 --> 00:08:03,760 Some members were never identified, 171 00:08:03,760 --> 00:08:07,020 but 12 were convicted within a year of the heist. 172 00:08:07,020 --> 00:08:10,870 The judge said it would be positively evil to show leniency 173 00:08:10,870 --> 00:08:13,180 in the country's biggest robbery. 174 00:08:13,180 --> 00:08:15,380 So he dishes out double penalties 175 00:08:15,380 --> 00:08:19,020 for a total of 307 years of imprisonment. 176 00:08:19,020 --> 00:08:20,350 Mastermind Bruce Reynolds, 177 00:08:20,350 --> 00:08:23,830 manages to evade the law for five years. 178 00:08:23,830 --> 00:08:27,100 He went to Mexico for awhile, then to Canada, 179 00:08:27,100 --> 00:08:28,100 and then he came back to England 180 00:08:28,100 --> 00:08:30,400 where he was eventually caught. 181 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:32,290 He spends 10 years in lockup 182 00:08:32,290 --> 00:08:34,743 before being released in 1978. 183 00:08:36,270 --> 00:08:38,080 But one convicted man 184 00:08:38,080 --> 00:08:41,780 has no intention of serving his full term. 185 00:08:41,780 --> 00:08:45,230 {\an8}Ronnie Biggs and his tale of three continents, 186 00:08:45,230 --> 00:08:49,130 {\an8}one baby, and 35 years on the run. 187 00:08:49,130 --> 00:08:51,960 Ronnie Biggs is perhaps the most famous 188 00:08:51,960 --> 00:08:53,736 of all of the Great Train robbers. 189 00:08:53,736 --> 00:08:56,260 (bright music) 190 00:08:56,260 --> 00:08:58,600 Three weeks after the Great Train robbery, 191 00:08:58,600 --> 00:09:02,210 Ronnie is arrested and sentenced to 30 years. 192 00:09:02,210 --> 00:09:04,650 He serves 15 months back in Wandsworth 193 00:09:04,650 --> 00:09:06,740 before scaling a prison wall, 194 00:09:06,740 --> 00:09:08,270 and dropping onto a mattress 195 00:09:08,270 --> 00:09:10,820 on the roof of a waiting removal van. 196 00:09:10,820 --> 00:09:12,740 Woo hoo, freedom. 197 00:09:12,740 --> 00:09:13,573 From there, 198 00:09:13,573 --> 00:09:16,029 he begins his new life of living on the lam. 199 00:09:16,029 --> 00:09:21,029 (tires screeching) (upbeat music) 200 00:09:21,790 --> 00:09:24,080 {\an8}He got plastic surgery in Paris 201 00:09:24,080 --> 00:09:26,613 {\an8}to change his appearance, he moved to Australia. 202 00:09:27,880 --> 00:09:30,210 {\an8}Then when the police were after him there, 203 00:09:30,210 --> 00:09:31,160 {\an8}he moved to Brazil. 204 00:09:32,010 --> 00:09:35,030 {\an8}He becomes a musician and a media darling, 205 00:09:35,030 --> 00:09:38,200 who would talk about the heist to anyone who will listen. 206 00:09:38,200 --> 00:09:40,099 The only happy issue from the train robbery 207 00:09:40,099 --> 00:09:42,470 is the fact that semi-honest money has arisen. 208 00:09:42,470 --> 00:09:43,420 When I say semi-honest, 209 00:09:43,420 --> 00:09:45,860 I mean money that had been paid by newspapers 210 00:09:45,860 --> 00:09:47,190 for our stories. 211 00:09:47,190 --> 00:09:49,990 After 10 years living the high life in Rio, 212 00:09:51,790 --> 00:09:54,343 Scotland Yard shows up and tries to arrest him. 213 00:09:57,880 --> 00:10:01,490 But luckily Mr. Bigshot got his girlfriend pregnant. 214 00:10:01,490 --> 00:10:02,930 Under Brazilian law, 215 00:10:02,930 --> 00:10:06,100 if somebody has a child under the age of 21, 216 00:10:06,100 --> 00:10:09,300 they can't be extradited to another country. 217 00:10:09,300 --> 00:10:12,500 So the police, they knew where Ronnie Biggs was, 218 00:10:12,500 --> 00:10:17,210 but they couldn't get him. (upbeat music) 219 00:10:17,210 --> 00:10:19,260 He becomes an international celebrity, 220 00:10:19,260 --> 00:10:21,440 and begins hosting tourists. 221 00:10:21,440 --> 00:10:24,980 He lived this almost charmed life in Brazil, 222 00:10:24,980 --> 00:10:28,380 inviting people to buy a ticket to his barbecues, 223 00:10:28,380 --> 00:10:30,867 and he would tell stories of the Great Train robbery, 224 00:10:30,867 --> 00:10:33,170 and you could have your photo taken with him. 225 00:10:33,170 --> 00:10:36,543 He is perhaps the quintessential criminal celebrity. 226 00:10:38,810 --> 00:10:40,070 In 1981, 227 00:10:40,070 --> 00:10:42,980 {\an8}a gang of ex soldiers kidnap him outside a restaurant, 228 00:10:42,980 --> 00:10:44,513 {\an8}and bundle him onto a yacht. 229 00:10:46,830 --> 00:10:49,440 They want a reward for bringing him back to Britain, 230 00:10:49,440 --> 00:10:51,767 but their yacht breaks down in Barbados. 231 00:10:51,767 --> 00:10:54,517 {\an8}(dramatic music) 232 00:10:55,490 --> 00:10:57,240 Barbados authorities say that 233 00:10:57,240 --> 00:10:59,260 he's been brought there illegally, 234 00:10:59,260 --> 00:11:02,499 and they allow him to go back to Brazil. 235 00:11:02,499 --> 00:11:05,860 (Ronnie cheering) 236 00:11:05,860 --> 00:11:08,620 So Ronnie Biggs not only managed to escape from prison, 237 00:11:08,620 --> 00:11:12,620 and evade the authorities by moving around the world, 238 00:11:12,620 --> 00:11:16,360 he even managed to evade a kidnapping attempt. 239 00:11:16,360 --> 00:11:18,180 No one could touch him. 240 00:11:18,180 --> 00:11:22,230 In our society, few of us have great wealth and power, 241 00:11:22,230 --> 00:11:26,050 but we can relate to someone who has little, 242 00:11:26,050 --> 00:11:27,373 but does a lot with it. 243 00:11:27,373 --> 00:11:30,706 (bright dramatic music) 244 00:11:31,590 --> 00:11:33,880 {\an8}After 35 years of freedom, 245 00:11:33,880 --> 00:11:37,230 {\an8}72 is the number that sends him back to Britain. 246 00:11:37,230 --> 00:11:40,660 Mr. Bigshot announces that he'll return to the UK. 247 00:11:40,660 --> 00:11:42,867 People saw this figure arriving, 248 00:11:42,867 --> 00:11:44,790 and barely able to function, 249 00:11:44,790 --> 00:11:47,560 and I think people felt, why lock him up. 250 00:11:47,560 --> 00:11:50,770 He's 72 years old and not in good health. 251 00:11:50,770 --> 00:11:53,803 Ronnie is immediately arrested and sent back to the slammer. 252 00:11:55,100 --> 00:11:57,620 Eight years and numerous health scares later, 253 00:11:57,620 --> 00:11:59,973 he's released just before his 80th birthday. 254 00:12:01,590 --> 00:12:03,918 {\an8}He dies four years later. 255 00:12:03,918 --> 00:12:05,290 (cameras clicking) 256 00:12:05,290 --> 00:12:07,790 Most of the details about the Great Train robbery 257 00:12:07,790 --> 00:12:09,220 have been uncovered, 258 00:12:09,220 --> 00:12:13,280 but there's one detail that remains a little bit mysterious. 259 00:12:13,280 --> 00:12:15,543 Who was the inside man? 260 00:12:18,560 --> 00:12:22,510 99 out of a hundred heists, they have an inside guy. 261 00:12:22,510 --> 00:12:25,050 People will come to you for all different reasons. 262 00:12:25,050 --> 00:12:26,720 They get in credit card debt, 263 00:12:26,720 --> 00:12:29,380 they get in over their heads with gambling, 264 00:12:29,380 --> 00:12:31,650 maybe they route trucks and they say, "Hey, 265 00:12:31,650 --> 00:12:34,630 at five o'clock this truck leaves this place and goes here." 266 00:12:34,630 --> 00:12:38,350 It's like you work there for 20 years, you know everything. 267 00:12:38,350 --> 00:12:41,280 Someone shared train schedules and contents 268 00:12:41,280 --> 00:12:43,800 that were critical in the Great Train robbery. 269 00:12:43,800 --> 00:12:46,840 And there's been many guesses about his identity. 270 00:12:46,840 --> 00:12:50,690 One is supposedly somebody working in the post office 271 00:12:50,690 --> 00:12:54,010 who tipped them off, but I think we will never know 272 00:12:54,010 --> 00:12:57,093 who the missing character was. 273 00:12:58,928 --> 00:13:00,530 And for our next heister, 274 00:13:00,530 --> 00:13:03,990 working on the inside means he's practically invisible. 275 00:13:03,990 --> 00:13:05,810 Have I stolen anything from work? 276 00:13:05,810 --> 00:13:08,310 It's not stealing if you take a rim of paper, 277 00:13:08,310 --> 00:13:11,330 this paper was gonna be used there anyway (laughs). 278 00:13:11,330 --> 00:13:12,700 Have I ever stolen something from work? 279 00:13:12,700 --> 00:13:13,660 Yes. All the time. 280 00:13:13,660 --> 00:13:16,250 I steal toilet paper all the time from my work. 281 00:13:16,250 --> 00:13:17,860 Yeah, that (beep) expensive. 282 00:13:17,860 --> 00:13:20,360 More accurately, my (beep) are expensive (laughs). 283 00:13:22,920 --> 00:13:24,000 Our second great heist 284 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:28,960 takes us 34 years forward to Los Angeles, 1997. 285 00:13:28,960 --> 00:13:32,070 Allen Pace is a young American man from Compton. 286 00:13:32,070 --> 00:13:35,870 He has a job that pays $25 an hour, which isn't bad, 287 00:13:35,870 --> 00:13:38,703 but at work, it's like he doesn't even exist. 288 00:13:40,030 --> 00:13:42,100 It's very tempting if you're working in a place 289 00:13:42,100 --> 00:13:44,750 where you see hundreds of thousands of dollars 290 00:13:44,750 --> 00:13:46,200 slipping through your fingers, 291 00:13:46,200 --> 00:13:49,003 and you think what's that all about? 292 00:13:51,100 --> 00:13:55,410 In 1997, Allen Pace is working for Dunbar Armored 293 00:13:55,410 --> 00:13:57,090 as a sort of safety officer. 294 00:13:57,090 --> 00:14:00,150 {\an8}So he's looking after things like fire extinguishers, 295 00:14:00,150 --> 00:14:02,104 {\an8}those sorts of things. 296 00:14:02,104 --> 00:14:04,040 Okay, that one works. 297 00:14:04,040 --> 00:14:08,800 Allen in his job has been very busy for the last two years 298 00:14:08,800 --> 00:14:11,513 gathering insider information. 299 00:14:13,190 --> 00:14:15,540 He knows what the security guards are doing, 300 00:14:15,540 --> 00:14:19,430 he knows where the security cameras are, and when they move. 301 00:14:19,430 --> 00:14:21,400 Because he's invisible at work, 302 00:14:21,400 --> 00:14:24,033 nobody there notices that Allen's casing the joint. 303 00:14:25,540 --> 00:14:29,790 He's cool, calculating, and sets the pace for the heist. 304 00:14:29,790 --> 00:14:31,900 Because he's gathering the information, 305 00:14:31,900 --> 00:14:34,200 he's able to come up with a plan. 306 00:14:34,200 --> 00:14:37,090 The pacemaker recruits five childhood friends, 307 00:14:37,090 --> 00:14:41,230 and supplies them with detailed floor plans, ski masks, 308 00:14:41,230 --> 00:14:44,963 pistols, a shotgun, and radio headsets. 309 00:14:46,660 --> 00:14:50,420 But then disaster strikes, he suddenly gets noticed at work, 310 00:14:50,420 --> 00:14:53,730 and is fired for something completely unrelated. 311 00:14:53,730 --> 00:14:56,540 {\an8}You're fired. Why me? 312 00:14:56,540 --> 00:14:59,100 When he's fired out of the blue, 313 00:14:59,100 --> 00:15:01,784 he has to pull his plans forwards rapidly. 314 00:15:01,784 --> 00:15:03,990 (suspenseful music) 315 00:15:03,990 --> 00:15:04,880 The next night, 316 00:15:04,880 --> 00:15:07,280 the pacemaker and his gang go to a house party 317 00:15:07,280 --> 00:15:11,950 to establish an alibi. (suspenseful music) 318 00:15:11,950 --> 00:15:15,300 Creating this alibi, you know, that you have a party, 319 00:15:15,300 --> 00:15:17,650 {\an8}was smart on this particular occasion, 320 00:15:17,650 --> 00:15:20,500 the level of planning and daring involved. 321 00:15:20,500 --> 00:15:22,110 Then they slip out of the house, 322 00:15:22,110 --> 00:15:23,623 and into their robber gear. 323 00:15:24,480 --> 00:15:27,430 His key card still was valid, 324 00:15:27,430 --> 00:15:31,360 so they get in to Dunbar Armored. 325 00:15:31,360 --> 00:15:33,400 The employees are subdued with duct tape, 326 00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:35,270 and the gang gets their money with no issue. 327 00:15:35,270 --> 00:15:38,230 {\an8}When I did a heist, I wanted the biggest gun there was, 328 00:15:38,230 --> 00:15:40,950 {\an8}I wanted a 357 with a six inch barrel, 329 00:15:40,950 --> 00:15:43,820 {\an8}or a nickel plated 45 that shines off the sun. 330 00:15:43,820 --> 00:15:46,620 I wanted that person to be so scared 331 00:15:46,620 --> 00:15:49,260 because I knew that if they didn't fight back, 332 00:15:49,260 --> 00:15:50,520 there wouldn't be any injuries. 333 00:15:50,520 --> 00:15:52,420 It wasn't like we wanted to hurt anybody. 334 00:15:52,420 --> 00:15:54,520 After the heist, the pacemaker with his crew 335 00:15:54,520 --> 00:15:57,320 {\an8}take their $18.9 million bounty 336 00:15:57,320 --> 00:16:01,053 into a 14 foot long safe space, and head back to the party. 337 00:16:03,780 --> 00:16:07,137 It's one of the biggest cash heists in US history. 338 00:16:07,137 --> 00:16:09,950 (upbeat music) 339 00:16:09,950 --> 00:16:11,560 After the Dunbar heist, 340 00:16:11,560 --> 00:16:14,980 LA cops and the FBI pull out all the stops. 341 00:16:14,980 --> 00:16:16,600 Because he was just fired, 342 00:16:16,600 --> 00:16:19,260 Allen's name comes up in the investigation. 343 00:16:19,260 --> 00:16:21,490 They start running surveillance 344 00:16:21,490 --> 00:16:23,620 but the pacemaker stays cool. 345 00:16:23,620 --> 00:16:27,788 There's no flashy purchases, and he's living with his mom. 346 00:16:27,788 --> 00:16:30,637 Sonny, dinner's ready. 347 00:16:32,020 --> 00:16:33,440 The only thing the cops have 348 00:16:33,440 --> 00:16:36,150 is part of a tail light recovered at the scene. 349 00:16:36,150 --> 00:16:37,860 They run a forensic investigation 350 00:16:37,860 --> 00:16:40,583 and determine it's from the getaway car. 351 00:16:41,470 --> 00:16:43,710 I think the ideal getaway car 352 00:16:43,710 --> 00:16:48,710 would actually be not like a nice car, like a Honda Accord. 353 00:16:49,110 --> 00:16:51,260 My brain immediately is like Lamborghini, 354 00:16:51,260 --> 00:16:53,010 but then people are probably gonna spot me. 355 00:16:53,010 --> 00:16:54,320 I don't think I'd get away. 356 00:16:54,320 --> 00:16:58,010 A Nissan Cube because not a single person is gonna be like 357 00:16:58,010 --> 00:16:59,520 that person is a criminal. 358 00:16:59,520 --> 00:17:02,490 A Nissan cube says like dad going through a midlife crisis, 359 00:17:02,490 --> 00:17:03,990 and shows very wrong. 360 00:17:03,990 --> 00:17:06,380 We ain't going in there with a GTO 361 00:17:06,380 --> 00:17:07,883 with the engine ticking out of the hood, 362 00:17:07,883 --> 00:17:09,500 and that's for the movies. 363 00:17:09,500 --> 00:17:10,975 You just need to get away. 364 00:17:10,975 --> 00:17:13,420 (dramatic music) (tires screeching) 365 00:17:13,420 --> 00:17:15,150 The getaway car was immortalized 366 00:17:15,150 --> 00:17:17,330 by US bank robber, John Dillinger, 367 00:17:17,330 --> 00:17:19,180 when he wrote a letter to Henry Ford, 368 00:17:19,180 --> 00:17:22,030 thanking him for making such a fast car. 369 00:17:22,030 --> 00:17:23,880 John Dillinger's Ford model A 370 00:17:23,880 --> 00:17:27,853 was put up for auction in 2010, and sold for $165,000. 371 00:17:30,730 --> 00:17:33,120 Bonnie and Clyde used a Ford V8 Deluxe 372 00:17:33,120 --> 00:17:35,020 during their final crime spree. 373 00:17:35,020 --> 00:17:37,240 At the time, it was the fastest car on the road, 374 00:17:37,240 --> 00:17:39,900 despite the 160 bullet holes, 375 00:17:39,900 --> 00:17:43,603 {\an8}and costs about 50% of the average person's annual income. 376 00:17:44,690 --> 00:17:48,520 Allen Pace's getaway car is a humble 14 foot long U-Haul, 377 00:17:48,520 --> 00:17:50,913 you can rent for about 50 bucks a day. 378 00:17:53,570 --> 00:17:56,800 It helped him evade the law for more than two years, 379 00:17:56,800 --> 00:18:00,140 but then his friend, Eugene, pays someone in cash 380 00:18:01,150 --> 00:18:04,200 and leaves the Dunbar straps on the bundle. 381 00:18:04,200 --> 00:18:06,980 It's a stupid mistake, and it gets reported. 382 00:18:06,980 --> 00:18:10,280 It seems to be that we have some amazing heisters, 383 00:18:10,280 --> 00:18:13,140 but one of the heisters is a rubbish businessmen 384 00:18:13,140 --> 00:18:14,063 at the other end. 385 00:18:15,290 --> 00:18:16,700 The cops run Eugene's name, 386 00:18:16,700 --> 00:18:19,350 and discover he rented a 14 foot long U-Haul 387 00:18:19,350 --> 00:18:21,370 the day before the crime. 388 00:18:21,370 --> 00:18:24,660 That 14 feet may have helped Allen carry out the heist, 389 00:18:24,660 --> 00:18:27,400 but it also ended up being his downfall, 390 00:18:27,400 --> 00:18:29,173 because Eugene becomes a snitch. 391 00:18:30,053 --> 00:18:35,053 (sirens blaring) (dramatic music) 392 00:18:35,430 --> 00:18:37,940 When the law finally caught off with us, 393 00:18:37,940 --> 00:18:40,290 it wasn't on account of any mistakes we had made 394 00:18:40,290 --> 00:18:41,410 during a robbery. 395 00:18:41,410 --> 00:18:45,030 It was on account of a rat, you know, dice snitches, 396 00:18:45,030 --> 00:18:46,620 and you can't control that. 397 00:18:46,620 --> 00:18:48,637 I would never do that. Like what the (beep)? 398 00:18:49,637 --> 00:18:51,350 (dramatic music) 399 00:18:51,350 --> 00:18:53,660 14 Feet and 18.9 million, 400 00:18:53,660 --> 00:18:56,600 get Allen Pace 24 years in lockup. 401 00:18:56,600 --> 00:19:00,283 {\an8}I can relate to Allen Pace's story. I live in Los Angeles. 402 00:19:01,132 --> 00:19:04,490 (upbeat music) 403 00:19:04,490 --> 00:19:07,060 You're constantly being exposed 404 00:19:07,060 --> 00:19:10,580 to what a wealthy lifestyle looks like. 405 00:19:10,580 --> 00:19:14,070 That's gonna create a temptation to obtain these things 406 00:19:14,070 --> 00:19:16,140 by any means necessary. 407 00:19:16,140 --> 00:19:19,970 There's never been a time when the gap between the richest 408 00:19:19,970 --> 00:19:22,072 and the poorest has been as great. 409 00:19:22,072 --> 00:19:24,655 (upbeat music) 410 00:19:29,320 --> 00:19:30,337 The average American makes about 411 00:19:30,337 --> 00:19:32,800 {\an8}$50,000 a year. 412 00:19:32,800 --> 00:19:35,130 {\an8}Meanwhile, Tesla founder, Elon Musk, 413 00:19:35,130 --> 00:19:37,440 once made 11 billion in a year. 414 00:19:38,830 --> 00:19:41,360 Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos' base salary 415 00:19:41,360 --> 00:19:42,510 is 82 million a year, 416 00:19:42,510 --> 00:19:46,210 but with a net worth of approximately 200 billion, 417 00:19:46,210 --> 00:19:48,104 he's the richest man in the world. 418 00:19:48,104 --> 00:19:50,380 (upbeat music) 419 00:19:50,380 --> 00:19:52,730 The 50 richest Americans are worth as much 420 00:19:52,730 --> 00:19:56,550 as the poorest 165 million Americans. 421 00:19:56,550 --> 00:19:59,770 It's no wonder we like to root for the little guy. 422 00:19:59,770 --> 00:20:01,010 The reason we root for the little guy 423 00:20:01,010 --> 00:20:02,290 is because we are the little guy. 424 00:20:02,290 --> 00:20:05,317 Nobody wants to see Goliath crushing David, 425 00:20:05,317 --> 00:20:06,620 that's not fun. 426 00:20:06,620 --> 00:20:08,470 It's like the Robin Hood effect, 427 00:20:08,470 --> 00:20:11,340 even though technically what they're doing isn't great, 428 00:20:11,340 --> 00:20:14,010 you still want that person to win versus you know, 429 00:20:14,010 --> 00:20:17,430 the corporation with the evil man up top. 430 00:20:17,430 --> 00:20:20,490 Boy, do we love to stick it to the man. 431 00:20:20,490 --> 00:20:23,320 In a society where there's a lot of inequality, 432 00:20:23,320 --> 00:20:25,647 there's going to be resentment bred. 433 00:20:25,647 --> 00:20:28,230 (upbeat music) 434 00:20:29,360 --> 00:20:31,270 Allen Pace was able to take advantage 435 00:20:31,270 --> 00:20:33,280 of being a faceless employee. 436 00:20:33,280 --> 00:20:35,940 Even now no image of him can be found, 437 00:20:35,940 --> 00:20:37,660 and he's out of prison. 438 00:20:37,660 --> 00:20:41,380 Anonymity and patience is key when planning your next heist, 439 00:20:41,380 --> 00:20:44,600 especially if you're planning the most complicated heist 440 00:20:44,600 --> 00:20:45,453 in history. 441 00:20:47,130 --> 00:20:49,020 If I was presented with a lock 442 00:20:49,020 --> 00:20:51,270 with a hundred million combinations, 443 00:20:51,270 --> 00:20:53,390 I would give up after three. 444 00:20:53,390 --> 00:20:55,077 I would try six combinations, 445 00:20:55,077 --> 00:20:58,520 and if I didn't get it in that, I'm hiring Charlize Theron. 446 00:20:58,520 --> 00:21:01,050 If a lock had a hundred million combinations, 447 00:21:01,050 --> 00:21:02,190 I would give up immediately, 448 00:21:02,190 --> 00:21:05,160 unless my cat was behind that door, and I had to save him, 449 00:21:05,160 --> 00:21:06,448 then I would never give up. 450 00:21:06,448 --> 00:21:09,198 (dramatic music) 451 00:21:10,070 --> 00:21:12,160 Imagine a lock with 100 million 452 00:21:12,160 --> 00:21:14,030 possible combinations. 453 00:21:14,030 --> 00:21:16,340 If you punch in a new number every 10 seconds, 454 00:21:16,340 --> 00:21:19,000 that lock could take almost 32 years, 455 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:22,330 but 100 million combinations don't scare our next heister, 456 00:21:22,330 --> 00:21:25,683 because his diamond heist has been 40 years in the planet. 457 00:21:27,507 --> 00:21:31,420 (birds chirping) (suspenseful music) 458 00:21:31,420 --> 00:21:33,530 This is Leonardo Notarbartolo. 459 00:21:33,530 --> 00:21:35,530 He was born in Palermo, Italy, 460 00:21:35,530 --> 00:21:38,010 and he was destined to be a thief. 461 00:21:38,010 --> 00:21:40,857 As a child, he sent out by his mother to buy milk. 462 00:21:40,857 --> 00:21:42,870 [Child Hm, milk. (Shopkeeper Snores) 463 00:21:42,870 --> 00:21:45,120 Leonardo finds the shopkeeper asleep, 464 00:21:45,120 --> 00:21:48,850 and takes the 5,000 Lira or the equivalent of about $8 465 00:21:48,850 --> 00:21:50,280 from the till. 466 00:21:50,280 --> 00:21:52,217 It will get him in trouble with his mother, 467 00:21:52,217 --> 00:21:54,390 (child cries) 468 00:21:54,390 --> 00:21:56,620 but he's discovered his calling. 469 00:21:56,620 --> 00:21:59,334 {\an8}He has his sights set on jewels. 470 00:21:59,334 --> 00:22:01,640 (upbeat music) 471 00:22:01,640 --> 00:22:02,740 40 Years later, 472 00:22:02,740 --> 00:22:05,920 Leo's plan to steal diamonds is in full swing. 473 00:22:05,920 --> 00:22:08,810 He moves to the diamond district in Antwerp, Belgium, 474 00:22:08,810 --> 00:22:10,910 and poses as a gem importer. 475 00:22:10,910 --> 00:22:13,350 He starts to shadow jewelers 476 00:22:13,350 --> 00:22:15,633 to see what their mannerisms are. 477 00:22:16,670 --> 00:22:21,260 He sets himself up as this suave charming jeweler. 478 00:22:21,260 --> 00:22:23,580 How you doing? 479 00:22:23,580 --> 00:22:26,180 He is a real gentleman. 480 00:22:26,180 --> 00:22:28,620 {\an8}People trusted him and didn't suspect him 481 00:22:28,620 --> 00:22:30,830 because they saw him going in and out of the building 482 00:22:30,830 --> 00:22:31,783 every single day. 483 00:22:34,930 --> 00:22:36,460 Apart from his carats, 484 00:22:36,460 --> 00:22:39,300 Leonardo's greatest assets are his good looks, 485 00:22:39,300 --> 00:22:42,280 his charm, and his million dollar smile. 486 00:22:42,280 --> 00:22:45,200 Unlike Allen Pace who was an inside man, 487 00:22:45,200 --> 00:22:48,020 Leonardo has to become an inside man, 488 00:22:48,020 --> 00:22:50,760 to break into one of the most sophisticated volts 489 00:22:50,760 --> 00:22:54,830 on the planet, holding over 125 million in diamonds. 490 00:22:54,830 --> 00:22:57,260 {\an8}He was able to gain access 491 00:22:57,260 --> 00:23:00,090 {\an8}to the place where the diamonds were stored, 492 00:23:00,090 --> 00:23:02,253 and not create suspicion. 493 00:23:03,600 --> 00:23:05,370 He rents a safety deposit box 494 00:23:05,370 --> 00:23:07,580 in the same vault as the diamonds. 495 00:23:07,580 --> 00:23:10,240 {\an8}It's just one of 189, 496 00:23:10,240 --> 00:23:11,770 but it gives him the opportunity 497 00:23:11,770 --> 00:23:14,730 to launch a painstaking surveillance mission, 498 00:23:14,730 --> 00:23:17,123 using a digital camera, hidden in a pen. 499 00:23:18,610 --> 00:23:21,300 He gathers all the information he needs 500 00:23:21,300 --> 00:23:24,210 to mastermind this plan. 501 00:23:24,210 --> 00:23:26,690 {\an8}18 Months and hundreds of photos later, 502 00:23:26,690 --> 00:23:28,875 Leonardo is ready to strike. 503 00:23:28,875 --> 00:23:32,042 (bright upbeat music) 504 00:23:33,210 --> 00:23:35,810 Antwerp is home to the world's only specialized 505 00:23:35,810 --> 00:23:40,460 diamond police force, dubbed the diamond squad. 506 00:23:40,460 --> 00:23:42,380 It's got 60 surveillance cameras 507 00:23:42,380 --> 00:23:44,400 within its three square block area, 508 00:23:44,400 --> 00:23:48,070 {\an8}and at its heart is a volt, two stories underground, 509 00:23:48,070 --> 00:23:50,840 {\an8}and with 10 layers of security. 510 00:23:50,840 --> 00:23:54,023 About 80% of the world's rough diamonds pass through here. 511 00:23:54,980 --> 00:23:58,310 And $3 billion worth of sales happen annually. 512 00:23:58,310 --> 00:24:00,970 If you're gonna try the ultimate diamond heist, 513 00:24:00,970 --> 00:24:03,610 this is the place. 514 00:24:03,610 --> 00:24:05,110 When I sought to put a team together, 515 00:24:05,110 --> 00:24:07,680 {\an8}I put guys together that know what they're doing. 516 00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:10,240 I got guys who knew how to bypass alarms, 517 00:24:10,240 --> 00:24:12,300 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)