Seems like so many movies talk about jewelry heists, like they are actually possible. Has anyone gotten away with a huge heist like that?
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In real life, the only instance of a successful jewelry heist is the 1961 operation of The Crown Jewels of the Netherlands. The Dutch diamond heist was executed by thieves posing as police officers and managed to make off with 547,000 Belgian francs worth of diamonds and other items.
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Seems like so many movies talk about jewelry heists, like they are actually possible. Has anyone gotten away with a huge heist like that?
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Yes, there have been several famous jewelry heists that have been successful. One notable one was the 1963 London diamond heist, where thieves made away with over £20 million worth of diamonds ( equivalent to about $30 million today). Other examples include the Brussels Diamond Heist of 1983 and the Hatton Garden Heist in London in 2015. In all these cases, the perpetrators successfully planned and carried out daring break-ins which allowed them to make away with huge amounts of jewelry. While a number of these crimes have yet to be solved, it shows that big heists like these are more than possible - as long as you know what you're doing.
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Seems like so many movies talk about jewelry heists, like they are actually possible. Has anyone gotten away with a huge heist like that?