IRELAND: Underworld: Dublin Gangland TV - Masterminds TV - The Front Line 2006 - Odd Man Out 1947 -
Dublin: the capital of Ireland. Nowadays a vibrant city of culture. But behind the bustling facade violent gangland killings have transformed it into the murder capital of Europe. Dublin’s brutal gangland culture evolved from the shadow of the troubles – a bloody civil war that tore apart the north of Ireland. For thirty long years. Out of the chaos emerged a new breed of mobster who copied terrorist techniques and amassed huge fortunes from armed robberies and kidnapping. Others made money from the drugs trade. Underworld: Dublin Gangland, 2011
Who would buy world-class works of art? ... Cahill put the word out in the underworld he was keen to sell the paintings. This gave the police the opportunity they needed: they set up a sting ... He got away with paintings worth over thirty million pounds. ibid.
He was Ireland’s most famous mastermind. He became a living legend. He organised one of the biggest art heists in the world. Masterminds e19: The Dublin Job, History 2004
Russborough House near Dublin, Ireland ... The paintings were protected by a sophisticated alarm system. ibid.
Of the one hundred paintings in the collection they had taken the eighteen most valuable works ... Sixty million in rare paintings. ibid.
The man behind the crime was Martin Cahill, a notorious Irish criminal gangster known as the General. ibid.
Cahill’s gang pulled off a series of successful jewellery and bank robberies in Dublin. ibid.
Cahill knew nothing about art, but he knew how to move stolen goods. ibid.
Cahill took the paintings to the hiding place in the Dublin mountains. ibid.
He still didn’t know how to turn his paintings into hard cash. ibid.
Undercover agents posed as would-be buyers. ibid.
The protestant buyers were really undercover police. ibid.
Martin Cahill’s death was front page news. ibid.
Do you know a man called Erasmus? He’s from the Congo too. You don’t know him? Erasmus is a gangsta, a pimp, a drug dealer. The Front Line 2006 starring Eriq Ebouaney & Gerard McSorley & James Frain & Fatou N’Diaye & Hakeem Kae-Kazim & Orla O'Rourke et al, director David Gleeson
Go! Now! Go! ibid. Joe to robbers
What can you do to a people who have already been to Hell? ibid. Erasmus to Joe
Regardless of the man, the demon lies in all of us. ibid. Erasmus
This violence isn’t getting us anywhere. Odd Man Out 1947 starring James Mason & Robert Newton & Cyril Cusack & William Hartnell & Kathleen Ryan & F J McCormick & Fay Compton & Denis O'Dea et al, director Carol Reed, Johnny
As long as he lives he belongs to the organisation. ibid. geezer
ISRAEL: Masterminds TV -
No-one had ever seen anything like him. A modern-art Robin Hood hit banks across Israel. Masterminds e52: The Motorcycle Bandit, History 2006
The motorcycle bandit struck a chord with the public. ibid.
A robbery spree that takes the country by storm. ibid.
He’s driving straight into a trap. ibid.
ITALY: The Italian Job 1969 - The Italian Job 2003 -
Goodbye, Mr Bridger. The Italian Job 1969 starring Michael Caine & Noel Coward & Benny Hill & Tony Beckley & Raf Vallone & Rossano Brazzi & Maggie Blye & Irene Handl & John le Mesurier & Fred Emney et al, director Peter Collinson
Take me to my tailor. ibid.
Four million dollars through a traffic jam. ibid.
Hello, Camp Freddy? I want to see Bridger. I’ve got a job. Freddy, this job is bigger than anything Bridger has done until now. ibid.
Camp Freddy, everybody in the world is bent. ibid. Mr Bridger
You’re only supposed to blow the bloody doors off! ibid.
You’ve overlooked one thing – the Mafia. They’ll be waiting for you. ibid. Mr Bridger to Charlie Crocker
Nobody move. We’re balancing right on the edge. Very slowly move this way ... Get back! Get back! Now hold still. Don’t move. Don’t move at all. Don’t no-one get out the door neither otherwise we’ll all go. Edge back as far as you can go to co – to counterbalance me. Now. Hang on a minute, lads. I’ve got a great idea. Er ... Er … ibid. Charlie’s closing scene
I want to propose a toast. To us. Yes! And I want to propose a toast to Charlie, because we just stole thirty-five million dollars’ worth of gold without even holding a gun because he planned this down to a tee. The Italian Job 2003 starring Jason Statham & Mark Wahlberg & Edward Norton & Charlize Theron & Seth Green & Mos Def & Donald Sutherland et al, director F Gary Gray, John Bridger
I want to see the look on that man’s face when his gold has gone. ibid.
It was about a lot of gold. And I wanted it. ibid. Steve with dodgy tash
We do it like the Italian Job. ibid. Charlie
JAPAN: The Mitsubishi Bank Heist 1979: 42 Hours of Terror 2021 -
On a cold winter afternoon a young man walked into an unsuspecting Osaka bank and set in motion what was to become one of the most bizarre robbery attempts of all time. This is the true strange case of the Mitsubishi bank heist. The Mitsubishi Bank Heist 1979: 42 Hours of Terror, 2021
The robber [Akiyoshi Umekawa] angrily shouted to the bank employees, ‘Get the money out! Get it out or I’ll kill you! Count 1,000,000 yen at a time and get out 50,000,000!’ and threw the red rucksack over the counter. ibid.
The robber shot him [teller] with buckshot in the face and the neck thus ending his life. ibid.
320 police officers surrounded the building and closed off road within a 50 metre radius. ibid.
Now there were 39 hostages (& 5 concealed). ibid.
The robber forced all women to be naked and made them sit on top of desks. ibid.
This man had a violent crime-ridden past and unbelievably this bank robbery was not the first time Akiyoshi committed murder. ibid.
He was shot three times at very close range. ibid.
4 men died including 2 officers in the line of duty. ibid.
NETHERLANDS: Scam City TV -
A fake cop – robbery with a clever twist. Scam City s2e4: Amsterdam, National Geographic 2014