NORWAY: Art of the Heist TV -
The Scream by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch is one of the most famous and powerful images in art history. In the past twelve years it’s been the target of thieves not once but twice. Art of the Heist s1e4: The Search for the Scream, 2006
One version stolen in 1994 was recovered. But a decade later another Scream vanished when thieves walked into the Munch Museum in Oslo and ripped it from the walls along with a second masterpiece The Madonna. ibid.
August 22 2004 ... Two men got out and ran towards the entrance of the museum ... They brutally snatched them from the walls. ibid.
PERU: Art of the Heist TV -
In 1987 a 1,500-year-old archaeological site in the Peruvian desert was looted almost to extinction. The site is called La Mina because it is the burial place of the Lord of La Mina, the ruler of an ancient sect known as Moche. Its looting was possibly the worst desecration of a Peruvian archaeological site since the arrival of the Spanish five hundred years ago. Art of the Heist s2e7: Trail of the Moche Gold, 2007
They took priceless objects: ceramic figures and bowls; most valuable of all was a superb gold headdress. It shows the face of a sea-god. ibid.
Mocha rulers were buried in state, the mummified body surrounded by a store of artefacts. At the centre the ruler’s golden headdress. ibid.
ROMANIA: The Great Communist Bank Robbery 2004 -
Romanian Film Archives: There is one film that stands out: Reenactment, made in 1959, is a gangster film produced in a country where gangster films are banned … Reenactment tells the story of a bank robbery that happened in a communist country … On top of that, it is based on a true story. The Great Communist Bank Robbery, historian, 2004
There was only bank, the National Bank. ibid.
The robbers seized 1.6 million Lei, meaning 2,000 average salaries, or the equivalent of 1 million Dollars today. ibid.
ROMANIA: The Great Communist Bank Robbery 2004 -
Romanian Film Archives: There is one film that stands out: Reenactment, made in 1959, is a gangster film produced in a country where gangster films are banned … Reenactment tells the story of a bank robbery that happened in a communist country … On top of that, it is based on a true story. The Great Communist Bank Robbery, historian, 2004
There was only bank, the National Bank. ibid.
The robbers seized 1.6 million Lei, meaning 2,000 average salaries, or the equivalent of 1 million Dollars today. ibid.
RUSSIA: David Reynolds TV - Olly Steads Nazi Treasure TV -
His [Stalin’s] speciality was bank robberies ... Here was a gangsta. A street thug. David Reynolds, World War Two: 1941 and the Man of Steel, BBC 2012
Hitler’s ruthless SS: masters of destruction and plunder. Their biggest heist was the amber room. It is the greatest piece of missing art in the world, and if found could be worth a quarter of a billion dollars. Could the amber room still exist? Mystery Investigator: Olly Steeds: Nazi Treasure, Discovery 2010
It took them [the Nazis] just two weeks to reach Leningrad. But in what appeared to be a well-planned operation they headed straight to seize the amber room. It took them just thirty-six hours to dismantle, and to pack it in twenty-six wooden crates and ship it to Konigsberg. With a German curator in charge the stolen panels were reassembled and put on display in Konigsberg Castle ... Not a single trace of amber was ever found. ibid.
SOUTH AFRICA: Masterminds TV - Misha Glenny -
He pulled off the most daring crime spree in South African history. A top cop turns into the country’s most celebrated criminal. Masterminds: The Stander Gang, History 2005
1983 ... The Trust Bank: three strange-looking men walked in cool as ice; it was a hold-up. ibid.
As police gathered clues at the Trust Bank they were completely unaware that a second bank robbery was taking place just a few streets over. And there was more to come: as police raced to the second robbery yet a third was being committed just around the corner. As they arrived too late for the third, around the corner was a fourth. Authorities had never seen anything like it before. And this was just the beginning. In one summer the gang hit over twenty banks. ibid.
He started hating everything the police stood for. So, as authorities continued to suppress the blacks, Stander secretly began fleecing the whites. ibid.
In August 1980 Andre Stander was found guilty of twenty-eight charges. ibid.
The whole gang was now out and on the run. ibid.
They prepared for the biggest crime spree South Africa had ever seen. ibid.
Stander lunged for his pistol. But it was hopeless. He was shot three times. He died instantly. ibid.
It was an amazing story, amazing part of South African criminal history. ibid. Mike Cohen, biographer
By the late 1990s, some 15,000 cars and 5,000 vans and trucks were hijacked annually in South Africa, while another 100,000 were stolen while unattended. Misha Glenny, McMafia
SPAIN: Art of the Heist TV - Money Heist TV
It started as one of the most perfect art heists. Two Rubens stolen in broad daylight from a gallery in Spain leaving no clues. With the art world on high alert, trying to sell the stolen paintings was to prove the thief’s biggest challenge. Art of the Heist s2e6, Miami Sting, 2007
The thief is able to walk out of the museum before anybody notices the paintings are missing. It could not have been simpler. ibid.
Miami: The entire gang had been arrested, and the stolen Rubens recovered. ibid.
My name is Tokyo. But when the story began, that wasn’t my name. Money Heist s1e1: Do As Planned, Netflix 2017
We pulled off fifteen perfect heists. But mixing love and business never works. ibid.
I’ve been hiding for eleven days. And my picture is in every police station in Spain. ibid.
And that’s how I met the Professor: by pointing a gun at his balls. ibid.
I have a business proposal. A heist. A heist that’s unique. ibid. Professor
Tokyo: What are we robbing?
Professor: The Royal Mint of Spain. ibid.
Let them think that we’re cornered. Let them think that we’re improvising. ibid.