List of bank robbers and robberies

List of bank robbers and robberies

This is a list of famous bank robberies, bank robbers and gangs involved in bank robberies.

Australia

*Bank of Australia robbery
*Ned Kelly
*Brenden Abbott - The Postcard Bandit
*Darcy Dugan - notorious prison escape artist
*Gregory David Roberts - author and bank robber
*Elise S McKenna - Campbelltown Bank Robbery - Murder of 6 patrons

Brazil

*Banco Central burglary at Fortaleza - 2005, The largest Bank robbery in Brazil and one of the largest in history. (US$70.1 million)

Canada

*Paddy Mitchell
*The Boyd Gang
*Roger Caron
*Ty Conn
*Monica Proietti
*Front de Libération du Québec
*Randy Sauriol
*Bobby rackley
*Ralph Barkley
*Daniel Labrie
*Mark Belangeia
*Jamie Labreque
*Ali Jabara
*Roger Narian
*Danny Simpson

China

*Agricultural Bank of China robbery, the largest bank robbery in China's history (51 million yuan, US$6.7 million)

Colombia

*Bank of the Republic (Colombia) robbery - On the 16 and 17 of October 1994, $24 075 million pesos (US$ 28.8 million dollars ) cash where extracted from the Bank in the city of Valledupar, Colombia. The money was in non-circulating bills of $2000, $5000 and $10000 pesos denominations. The bank had the serial number of every bill stolen.

France

*Bonnot gang
*Jacques Mesrine
*Albert Spaggiari
*Jaba Ioseliani

Germany

*Red Army Faction
*Andreas Baader

Hungary

*Attila Ambrus - The "Whiskey Robber," he was a Szekely from Romania.

India

*Chelembra Bank Robbery - Considered as one of the biggest bank robbery in India. Stolen Rs. 80 million (including 80 Kilograms of gold) on 31 December 2007. On 28 February 2008, Kerala Police arrested four persons, including the kingpin behind the robbery and recovered 80% of the stolen gold. [cite web |url=http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IER20080225214133|title=Chelambra robbery; Four held |publisher=The New Indian Express]

Iraq

*Central Bank of Iraq -- Nearly US$1 billion is stolen on March 18, 2003, just hours after the United States began bombing Baghdad. This is considered the largest bank heist in history. (Source CNN [http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/05/06/sprj.nilaw.bank/] )
*"Dar Es Salaam Bank" in Baghdad -- About US$282 million is stolen on July 11, 2007 by the bank's security guards. (Source: Reuters [http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSL1274958920070712] )

Ireland

*Martin Cahill
*Northern Bank robbery
*Gerry Hutch

Italy

*Valerio Viccei (convicted of Knightsbridge Security Deposit robbery)

Lebanon

*The British Bank Of The Middle East in January 1976 in Beirut £25 million the equivalent of £100 million today. This bank robbery was executed by the PLO.

Norway

*NOKAS robbery

Netherlands

*Hans Gruyters

Romania

*Ioanid Gang

outh Africa

*Andre Stander

erbia

*Željko Ražnatović

weden

*The Norrmalmstorg Robbery
*John Ausonius - The Laser Man killer.

United Kingdom

*Ronnie Biggs
*The Great Train Robbery of 1963
*Linwood bank robbery, 1969, two policemen killed
*Baker Street robbery, 1971, London, politically sensitive material taken from safe deposit boxes
*Brinks Mat robbery, 1983, Heathrow Airport, England, £26 million gold bullion
*Knightsbridge Security Deposit robbery, 1987, £40 million, one of the largest robberies in history
*Northern Bank robbery, 2004, Belfast, Northern Ireland, £26 million
*Securitas depot robbery, 2006, Kent, South East England, £53,116,760

United States

Robbers

*Adam Worth
*Ma Barker
*Naomi Betts
*Bonnie and Clyde
*Butch Cassidy
*Harry Longabaugh "The Sundance Kid"
*Emmett Dalton and the Dalton Gang, 1890s
*William Daddano Sr.
*John Dillinger
*Bill Doolin, 1890s
*Charles Arthur "Pretty Boy" Floyd
*The James Brothers, Frank and Jesse
*Patty Hearst
*J.L. Hunter
*The Reno Gang
*James-Younger gang, 1866-1881
*Alvin Karpis
*Tom Ketchum
*McCanles gang, 1861
*Midwest Bank Robbers, 1990s
*Emil Matasareanu, 1997
*Larry Eugene Phillips, Jr., 1997
*Bugs Moran
*George "Baby Face" Nelson
*Albert Frederick Nussbaum - Albert Fredrick Nussbaum
*Joseph "Specs" O'Keefe
*Symbionese Liberation Army, James Kilgore
*Mutulu Shakur
*Luke Elliott Sommer
*Henry Starr
*Willie "The Actor" Sutton
*Bobby Randell Wilcoxson
*John Wojtowicz
*Candice Rose Martinez "The Cell Phone Bandit"

Robberies

* Great Brink's Robbery, 1950, $1.2m cash, $1.5m other
* Air France Robbery, 1967, $420k Cash, unprosecuted.
* Lufthansa heist, 1978
* Security Pacific Bank, Norco, California, 1980
* Brinks robbery (1981)
* North Hollywood shootout, 1997
* Dunbar Armored robbery, 1997, $18.9m cash
* Loomis Fargo Bank Robbery, 1997, $17.3 million in cash
* 1998 Bank of America robbery, $1.6 million cash

Uruguay

*Tupamaros

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