Jewelry Heist in Germany

[Handcruser 2805]

Wowzers.

 

 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/25/thieves-steal-priceless-treasures-dresden-green-vault-museum

 

 

 

 

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[Guest Lobo]

I was here posting the whole time.  I wouldn't even know anybody in Germany.  

Anybody else picture Clive Owen, as you read the article?  

Edited November 26, 2019 by Lobo

[Brisketexan 105286]

Dude, it has all the cool heist elements, down to torching the getaway car.

Also, my daughter was there recently, but promises me she wasn’t casing the joint. I’m keeping an eye on her spending, just because.

[Pato del Muerto 52571]

Right after the rick and morty heist episode?

you sons of bitches. 

[Buffsoldier 1895]

[MaybeACoordinator 8349]

It'll be some nicotine-stained fools from the Balkans. That place is to jewel heisters as the Jersey Shore is to douchebags.

[HornsOverIthaca 2335]

It was probably the mysterious cat burglar and master swordsman, Le Jaguar.

[Bevo 13597]

 

[SquishMitten 10425]

Article says there’s no such thing as 100% security. But from the reports, there security consisted of an alarm system that could be shut down due to an off-site power failure. And they got in by breaking a window. I’m no security expert, but I’d think if I were trying to protect priceless treasures I’d at least have backup power and barred windows. Security guards would also be sort of a no-brainer.

Maybe there’s more to it, but it doesn’t sound like it would take a real mastermind to pull this off.

[AUS-97HORN 11819]

I already saw this movie back in the early 80's

 

[Judge Roybeanbag 11820]

So what's the end play here?  They obviously can't sell them.  Hide them someplace(s) and demand bitcoin ransom for instructions on how to retrieve them?

[NotActuallyALonghorn 4977]

19 minutes ago, SquishMitten said:

Article says there’s no such thing as 100% security. But from the reports, there security consisted of an alarm system that could be shut down due to an off-site power failure. And they got in by breaking a window. I’m no security expert, but I’d think if I were trying to protect priceless treasures I’d at least have backup power and barred windows. Security guards would also be sort of a no-brainer.

Maybe there’s more to it, but it doesn’t sound like it would take a real mastermind to pull this off.

Yeah, a UPS for the security system would seem like a no brainer. I wonder if they have a buyer lined up in Russia or China or someplace else where the western law enforcement folks can't get to easily.

[Uncle Nate 2097]

I saw this movie already.  It was called Ocean's 12.

[UTPhil2006 3810]

2 hours ago, Uncle Nate said:

I saw this movie already.  It was called Ocean's 12.

This was Mediterranean Sea's 4

[strangulation! 1716]

the fire-burgling of dresden

[Anastasis 23481]

3 hours ago, Judge Roybeanbag said:

So what's the end play here?  They obviously can't sell them.  Hide them someplace(s) and demand bitcoin ransom for instructions on how to retrieve them?

They end up on some rich Saudi's yacht draping around the necks of his harem.

[clapclapclap 9000]

3 hours ago, Judge Roybeanbag said:

So what's the end play here?  They obviously can't sell them.  Hide them someplace(s) and demand bitcoin ransom for instructions on how to retrieve them?

The article said that melted down it would still be worth 100-200 million Euros, which would make it the most profitable heist in history.  At least according to The Guardian's list.

Edited November 26, 2019 by clapclapclap
That's $110-220 million, for those who majored in something dumb.

[Dewey 3288]

24 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

They end up on some rich Saudi's yacht draping around the necks of his harem.

Exactly,  I was going with Russian billionaire though

[clapclapclap 9000]

Edited November 26, 2019 by clapclapclap
Grünes Gewölbe, I has

[El Diablo 4232]

Antwerp is the biggest one I remember.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antwerp_diamond_heist

[SuingToGetAMessageBoard? 3861]

14 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

down to torching

it's dresden

[gsoda3 3281]

this type of robbery and the stuff stolen, especially the diamond, makes me think the buyer is established before the fact.

[The People’s Elbow 707]

6 hours ago, SquishMitten said:

Article says there’s no such thing as 100% security. But from the reports, there security consisted of an alarm system that could be shut down due to an off-site power failure. And they got in by breaking a window. I’m no security expert, but I’d think if I were trying to protect priceless treasures I’d at least have backup power and barred windows. Security guards would also be sort of a no-brainer.

Maybe there’s more to it, but it doesn’t sound like it would take a real mastermind to pull this off.

This mirrors my thoughts when reading the article. I assumed — hoped — the article intentionally skimmed over or simply skipped specifics in an attempt not to further compromise museum security. I’m not sure a detailed account of the break-in methods and tactics would be prudent. 

If that’s not the case and the article is accurate, then wow. I’m not a security expert either, but it doesn’t pass muster on common sense alone  

For artifacts of that value, do museums or governments not somehow embed or attach GPS or other tracking devices? 

Edited November 26, 2019 by The People’s Elbow

[El Diablo 4232]

Seems like I recall an art theft just a few years back, might have been some Dutch impressionist's work. The stuff was in a small museum in some little hamlet but was valued way up in the 10s of millions I think. Thieves did very little work to walk out with the loot.

[El Diablo 4232]

2 minutes ago, BurntEyes said:

How is it you and others in this thread call this crime what it actually is, a burglary, and neither the writer nor editor at the Gaurdian knew that reality and instead called it a robbery.

Fucking idiots.

They was robbed of they innocence.

[Parliament 14287]

Few men have the technical know how to pull of an op like that.

[Your Mom 4849]

Ummm...

 

[mulletpelini 5216]

Edited November 26, 2019 by mulletpelini
lasers n shit

[Rockwell Torrey 1295]

4 hours ago, Anastasis said:

They end up on some rich Saudi's yacht draping around the necks of his harem.

Wrong movie.   That idea is already ‘Taken.’  

[Deej 76901]

6 hours ago, clapclapclap said:

The article said that melted down it would still be worth 100-200 million Euros

Ain't got nothing on the meltdown on the football board.

[Bevo 13597]

2 minutes ago, Deej said:

Ain't got nothing on the meltdown on the football board.

Ha, ha. I've been avoiding the football board and recruiting board for the last two weeks. I'm tempted, but not stupid enough to visit. I'll wait until after we beat tech.

[Brisketexan 105286]

2 minutes ago, Bevo said:

Ha, ha. I've been avoiding the football board and recruiting board for the last two weeks. I'm tempted, but not stupid enough to visit. I'll wait until after we beat tech.

You're gonna stay off those boards for TWO YEARS?  Man, that's some self-discipline.

[Bevo 13597]

5 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

You're gonna stay off those boards for TWO YEARS?  Man, that's some self-discipline.

Oh, we are winning on the 29th.

[Deej 76901]

1 hour ago, Bevo said:

Oh, we are winning on the 29th.

You know what's better than coming in first place in the Special Olympics?

[Bevo 13597]

1 hour ago, Deej said:

You know what's worse than coming in first place in the Special Olympics?

Coming in second place.

[Deej 76901]

1 minute ago, Bevo said:

Coming in second place.

Being a Longhorn football fan.

[Buffsoldier 1895]

52 minutes ago, Bevo said:

Coming in your mom.

Fixed.

[XYZ 2154]

So the stolen jewelry was valued at > $1 billion.

[Rusty Shackelford 414]

[Texas_Rocks 347]

So the stolen jewelry was valued at > $1 billion.

Yep...was. Because that shit is mostly likely getting chopped up.