This is a list of bank robberies, bank robbers and gangs involved in bank robberies.
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The first bank robbery in Denmark occurred August 18, 1913 in the bank Sparekassen for København og Omegn at Østerbro in Copenhagen. It was carried out by two men, Danish salesman Lindorff Larsen and a German machinist Güttig, armed with revolvers; the two got away with 9000 Danish kroner. Güttig was arrested August 30 and Lindorff Larsen committed suicide after having fled the police. [1]
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In 1987, Labh Singh (Sukhdev Singh Sukha) allegedly masterminded [7] what was at that time the largest bank robbery in Indian history, netting almost 60 million (58 million rupees-US$4.5 million) from Millar Ganj branch of Punjab National Bank, Ludhiana; [7] a part of this stolen money belonged to the Reserve Bank of India, India's central bank. [8] [9] It was documented as “Biggest Bank Robbery” under “Curiosities and wonders” in Limca Book of Records . [10] [11] [12]
The Chicago Sun-Times reported that "12 to 15 Sikhs dressed as policemen and armed with submachine guns and rifles escaped with nearly $4.5 million in the biggest bank robbery in Indian history." "No one was injured." A Police spokesman described it as "a neat and clean operation". [9]
Khalistan Commando Force members who allegedly participated in the robbery included Harjinder Singh Jinda, Mathra Singh, [13] Paramjit Singh Panjwar, [14] Satnam Singh Bawa, [15] Gurnam Singh Bundala, [16] Sukhdev Singh Sukha, Daljit Singh Bittu, [17] [18] [19] Gursharan Singh Gamma [17] [18] and Pritpal Singh. [20]
On the night of October 31, 2005, robbers entered the safety deposit boxes of SKB Bank (Société Générale) in Ljubljana through the main door and deactivated the alarm system. [26] [27] Robbers disarmed the security guard and opened more than 400 safety deposit boxes. They took at least €32 million in gold, precious stones and cash.
In March 2012 two robbers were arrested. One of them was a security guard at the bank. [28] The court process against two robbers started [29] in November 2013. At least one robber is[ when? ] still free.
Name | Year | Location | Amount |
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Great Gold Robbery | 1855 | Between London and Folkestone, Kent | £12,000 (£1.4 million in 2023) |
Great Pearl Robbery | 1913 | Hatton Garden, London | £150,000 (£18.6 million in 2023) |
Eastcastle Street robbery | 1952 | Eastcastle Street, London | £287,000 (£10.4 million in 2023) |
Great Train Robbery | 1963 | Mentmore, Buckinghamshire | £2.6 million (£68.8 million in 2023) |
Baker Street robbery | 1971 | Baker Street, London | £3 million (£53.6 million in 2023) |
Bank of America robbery | 1975 | Mayfair, London | £8 million (£93.2 million in 2023) stolen £500,000 (£5.3 million) recovered [30] |
Brink's-Mat robbery | 1983 | Heathrow International Trading Estate, London | £26 million (£110.8 million in 2023) |
Knightsbridge Security Deposit robbery | 1987 | Knightsbridge, London | £40 million (£142.1 million in 2023) |
City bonds robbery | 1990 | City of London, London | £291.9 million (£838 million in 2023) |
Midland Bank Clearing Centre | 1995 | Salford, Greater Manchester | £6.6 million (£16 million in 2023) [31] |
Northern Bank robbery | 2004 | Belfast, Northern Ireland | £26.5 million (£51.4 million in 2023) |
Securitas depot robbery | 2006 | Tonbridge, Kent | £53 million (£96.9 million in 2023) |
Hatton Garden safe deposit burglary | 2015 | Hatton Garden, London | £14 million (£19.6 million in 2023) |
Labh Singh masterminded a bank robbery of R. 6 crore from a branch...
Sikh(bracketed) separatists dressed as police officers looted a bank Thursday and escaped with $4.5 million, the biggest bank heist in Indian history, officials said. Bank robberies occur almost every week in Punjab.
It was only after the big bank robbery at Ludhiana in February 1987 that they could purchase sophisticated weapons; there was only one sten gun in the entire state.