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

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Austria

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Canada

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China

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Denmark

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The first bank robbery in Denmark occurred August 18, 1913 in the bank Sparekassen for København og Omegn at Østerbro in Copenhagen. It was carried out by two men, Danish salesman Lindorff Larsen and a German machinist Güttig, armed with revolvers; the two got away with 9000 Danish kroner. Güttig was arrested August 30 and Lindorff Larsen committed suicide after having fled the police.[1]

Finland

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France

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Georgia

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Germany

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Hungary

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India

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In 1987, Labh Singh (Sukhdev Singh Sukha) allegedly masterminded[7] what was at that time the largest bank robbery in Indian history, netting almost 60 million (58 million rupees-US$4.5 million) from Millar Ganj branch of Punjab National Bank, Ludhiana;[7] a part of this stolen money belonged to the Reserve Bank of India, India's central bank.[8][9] It was documented as “Biggest Bank Robbery” under “Curiosities and wonders” in Limca Book of Records.[10][11][12]

The Chicago Sun-Times reported that "12 to 15 Sikhs dressed as policemen and armed with submachine guns and rifles escaped with nearly $4.5 million in the biggest bank robbery in Indian history." "No one was injured." A Police spokesman described it as "a neat and clean operation".[9]

Khalistan Commando Force members who allegedly participated in the robbery included Harjinder Singh Jinda, Mathra Singh,[13] Paramjit Singh Panjwar,[14] Satnam Singh Bawa,[15] Gurnam Singh Bundala,[16] Sukhdev Singh Sukha, Daljit Singh Bittu,[17][18][19] Gursharan Singh Gamma[17][18] and Pritpal Singh.[20]

Israel

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Japan

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  • Sadamichi Hirasawa (controversial conviction in bank robbery that killed 12 people by poisoning)
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  • 294,307,500 yen was stolen from the Nippon Trust Bank December 10, 1968 by man impersonating police officer. The case remains unsolved.[21]
  • 540 million yen robbery incident in Fukutoku Bank Kobe branch, August 1994.[22]
  • 600 million yen robbery incident in Tachikawa, Tokyo, May 2011.[23]

Lebanon

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Malta

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Netherlands

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Nigeria

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Norway

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Pakistan

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  • ABL Karachi, December 13, 2009, 311 million rupees was looted from the Allied Bank Limited (ABL)’s head office.[citation needed]

Poland

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Portugal

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Republic of Ireland

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Romania

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Russia

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Slovenia

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On the night of October 31, 2005, robbers entered the safety deposit boxes of SKB Bank (Société Générale) in Ljubljana through the main door and deactivated the alarm system.[26][27] Robbers disarmed the security guard and opened more than 400 safety deposit boxes. They took at least €32 million in gold, precious stones and cash.

In March 2012 two robbers were arrested. One of them was a security guard at the bank.[28] The court process against two robbers started[29] in November 2013. At least one robber is[when?] still free.

Serbia

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Sweden

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United Kingdom

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See also: List of heists in the United Kingdom
Name Year Location Amount
Great Gold Robbery 1855 Between London and Folkestone, Kent £12,000 (£1.4 million in 2023)
Great Pearl Robbery 1913 Hatton Garden, London £150,000 (£18.6 million in 2023)
Eastcastle Street robbery 1952 Eastcastle Street, London £287,000 (£10.4 million in 2023)
Great Train Robbery 1963 Mentmore, Buckinghamshire £2.6 million (£68.8 million in 2023)
Baker Street robbery 1971 Baker Street, London £3 million (£53.6 million in 2023)
Bank of America robbery 1975 Mayfair, London £8 million (£93.2 million in 2023) stolen
£500,000 (£5.3 million) recovered[30]
Brink's-Mat robbery 1983 Heathrow International Trading Estate, London £26 million (£110.8 million in 2023)
Knightsbridge Security Deposit robbery 1987 Knightsbridge, London £40 million (£142.1 million in 2023)
City bonds robbery 1990 City of London, London £291.9 million (£838 million in 2023)
Midland Bank Clearing Centre 1995 Salford, Greater Manchester £6.6 million (£16 million in 2023)[31]
Northern Bank robbery 2004 Belfast, Northern Ireland £26.5 million (£51.4 million in 2023)
Securitas depot robbery 2006 Tonbridge, Kent £53 million (£96.9 million in 2023)
Hatton Garden safe deposit burglary 2015 Hatton Garden, London £14 million (£19.6 million in 2023)

United States

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Deadly US robberies

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Large-value US robberies

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Uruguay

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Zimbabwe

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References

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  1. ^ Axel Breidahl & Axel Kjerulf, Københavnerglimt - 1912 - 1920, 1938, p. 41.
  2. ^ a b Jacobs, Julia (January 31, 2019). "A Secret Tunnel Leading Toward a Florida Bank Puzzles the F.B.I." www.nytimes.com. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
  3. ^ a b AFP (February 12, 2018). "Suspected mastermind on trial for France's 'heist of the century'". www.theguardian. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
  4. ^ Bank robbers make off with $11.4 million UPI archives July 4, 1986
  5. ^ History’s biggest heists virginmedia.com October 15, 2015
  6. ^ Robbers get away with up to $9 million UPI archives December 2, 1985
  7. ^ a b Singh, Gurpreet; Jaswal, Gourav (1996). Terrorism: Punjab's recurring nightmare. Sehgal Book Distributors. p. 98. Labh Singh masterminded a bank robbery of R. 6 crore from a branch...
  8. ^ "Sikh Separatists Masquerade as Police to Stage India's Biggest Bank Robbery". Los Angeles Times. February 13, 1987. Archived from the original on October 22, 2012. Retrieved January 23, 2016. Sikh(bracketed) separatists dressed as police officers looted a bank Thursday and escaped with $4.5 million, the biggest bank heist in Indian history, officials said. Bank robberies occur almost every week in Punjab.
  9. ^ a b "Sikhs rob India bank of $4.5 million". Chicago Sun-Times. February 13, 1987. Archived from the original on October 21, 2012. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
  10. ^ Limca Book of Records. Bisleri Beverages Ltd. 1999. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
  11. ^ Kumar, Ram Narayan (1997). The Sikh unrest and the Indian state: politics, personalities, and historical retrospective. Ajanta Publications,India. p. 445. ISBN 9788120204539. It was only after the big bank robbery at Ludhiana in February 1987 that they could purchase sophisticated weapons; there was only one sten gun in the entire state.
  12. ^ Dhillon, Kirpal (2006). Identity and Survival: Sikh Militancy in India 1978-1993. Pa. Penguin India. ISBN 978-0-14-310036-2. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
  13. ^ Asian Recorder, Issue 28. K. K. Thomas at Recorder Press. 1987. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
  14. ^ "Paramjit Singh Panjwar (Khalistan Commando Force)". Indianexpress.com. December 4, 2008. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
  15. ^ Asian recorder - Google Books. August 26, 2008. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
  16. ^ "Police arrest 'dead' terrorist". Indianexpress.com. October 12, 1998. Retrieved August 9, 2009. [dead link‍]
  17. ^ a b Chaudhry, Amrita (October 1, 2006). "Gursharan Singh Gama arrested". cities.expressindia.com.[dead link‍]
  18. ^ a b "Killers of Lalit Maken held" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 13, 2011. Retrieved September 20, 2009.
  19. ^ Chaudhry, Amrita (September 14, 2005). "Dreaded militant Daljit Singh alias Bittu gets parole for marriage". cities.expressindia.com. Retrieved August 30, 2009.[dead link‍]
  20. ^ "News & Current Events". Ministry of Truth. Archived from the original on May 6, 2010. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
  21. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20201108111348/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/01/national/history/japan-times-1968-bandit-steals-294-million-daring-daylight-robbery/
  22. ^ ja:福徳銀行5億円強奪事件
  23. ^ ja:立川６億円強奪事件
  24. ^ "High-profile heists". BBC News. August 11, 2009. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
  25. ^ "HSBC employees being questioned after hold up". 1 July 2010. maltastar.com. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
  26. ^ "Šest let po ropu SKB storilci na svobodi". Slovenskenovice.si. October 30, 2011. Retrieved December 16, 2014.
  27. ^ "5 let po ropu v SKB-ju za preiskavo ostaja še potencialnih 15 let". Prvi interaktivni multimedijski portal, MMC RTV Slovenija. Retrieved December 16, 2014.
  28. ^ "Rop SKB: Iz sefov izginilo 19 milijonov v gotovini | Dnevnik". Archived from the original on February 2, 2014. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
  29. ^ "Domnevnih roparjev banke SKB tudi danes ni bilo na sodišče". www.delo.si. October 4, 2013. Retrieved December 16, 2014.
  30. ^ 1976: Bank robbers jailed for 100 years, BBC News, On this day
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  32. ^ Dunau, Bera (May 15, 2019). "A bank heist, a head shop and heroes in a half shell: New mural on Main Street". Daily Hampshire Gazette.
  33. ^ Landrigan, Leslie (January 28, 2018). "The Northampton National Bank Heist, the Biggest in U.S. History". New England Historical Society.
  34. ^ Conway, J. North (October 19, 2014). "The High Society Bank Robber of the 1800s". The Daily Beast.
  35. ^ Mulligan, Frank (October 7, 2009). "Fact tops fiction in story of country's best bank robber". The State Journal-Register.
  36. ^ Young, Yasmin (February 8, 2022). "These 3 New York Bank Robberies Were Among The Biggest In America". Power 93.7 WBLK. Retrieved January 4, 2024.
  37. ^ The bank robbery few people recall Sheridan County Historical Society October 3, 2014 [1]
  38. ^ Mancuso, Vinnie (February 25, 2019). "'Finding Steve McQueen' Trailer Takes You Into One of History's Biggest Heists". Collider.
  39. ^ "Four masked gunmen who stole $3.3 million in the ..." United Press International. April 23, 1981.
  40. ^ "Cash Deal Undid Trench Coat Robbers". Sun Sentinel. November 8, 1998.
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