Under the streets of Nice the bank heist of the century
In 1976 in Nice, France, Albert Spaggiari led twenty other criminals in one of the most successful bank heists ever attempted. In order to access an estimated ten million dollars' worth of assets, they dug a twenty-five foot tunnel from the city's sewer system to the bank's vault. These intrepid criminals then spent the weekend collecting their loot, before escaping unscathed. Here, Ken Follett and Rene L. Maurice unfold the story of the century's most scandalous bank heist.
"In 1976 in Nice, France, Albert Spaggiari led twenty other criminals in one of the most successful bank heists ever attempted. In order to access an estimated ten million dollars' worth of assets, they dug a twenty-five foot tunnel from the city's sewer system to the bank's vault. These intrepid criminals then spent the weekend collecting their loot, before escaping unscathed. Here, Ken Follett and Rene L. Maurice unfold the story of the century's most scandalous bank heist."@en
"Albert Spaggiari engineered the European crime of the century: a 1976 bank heist in Nice, clearing $8-10 million in gold, jewelry, gems and cash without guns or violence. He was convicted but never captured, and he taunted police until his death. The loot was never recovered."
"Albert Spaggiari engineered the European crime of the century--a 1976 bank heist accomplished, as a note left in the empty vault said, "Without guns, without violence, without hate". He and his 20 men had dug a 25 foot tunnel from the city sewer system into the back, where they spent a weekend cooking meals, drinking wine and clearing out a total of $8 to $10 million in gold, jewelry, gems and cash reserves. Tracked down and captured, Spaggiari escaped from the French gendarmes by leaping out a magistrate's window and onto the back of a motorcycle. Convicted in absentia and sentenced to life in prison, he retired to a ranch in Argentina--purchased, according to his memoirs, with the proceeds from the robbery. He taunted police for more than a decade until his mysterious death in 1989, which made him international headlines once again. The loot was never recovered."@en
"Albert Spaggiari engineered the European crime of the century--a 1976 bank heist accomplished, as a note left in the empty vault said, "Without guns, without violence, without hate". He and his 20 men had dug a 25 foot tunnel from the city sewer system into the back, where they spent a weekend cooking meals, drinking wine and clearing out a total of $8 to $10 million in gold, jewelry, gems and cash reserves. Tracked down and captured, Spaggiari escaped from the French gendarmes by leaping out a magistrate's window and onto the back of a motorcycle. Convicted in absentia and sentenced to life in prison, he retired to a ranch in Argentina--purchased, according to his memoirs, with the proceeds from the robbery. He taunted police for more than a decade until his mysterious death in 1989, which made him international headlines once again. The loot was never recovered."
"SUMMARY: Albert Spaggiari engineered the European crime of the century: a 1976 bank heist in Nice, clearing $8-10 million in gold, jewelry, gems and cash without guns or violence. He was convicted but never captured, and he taunted police until his death. The loot was never recovered."@en
"Here is the breathtakingly compelling story of Albert Spaggiari, his "sewer gang," and the most daring, outrageous theft of the century."
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