Crown jewels
On 9 may 1671, Colonel Thormas Blood entered the tower of London disguised as a priest and stole the crown jewels. He was captured but pardoned by Charles I, who admired his darling.
Mona Lisa
Leonardo the Vinci's famous painting was stolen from the Louvre museum, Paris on 21 august 1911 by vicenzo peruggia. He kept it for two years, but he tried to sell it he was caught and jailed.
Great train robbery
A gang of 12 robbers stole e2.6 million from the glassgow to London mail train on 8 august 1963. They were caught and jailed, but one, Ronald Biggs, escaped and lived for many years in Brazil.
Art theft
On 18 March 1990 two thieves disguised as policeman stole 12 works of art by Rembrandt, Degas, Vermeer and others from the Issabella Stewart Gardener museum, Boston, the paintings were valued at $300 million and have never been recovered.
Securitas depot robbery
On 22 February 2006 britains biggest ever robbery took a place at the securitas depot, tonbridge. The gabf kidnapped the family of the depot manager and got away with e116,760 in cash. Following a series of police raids, some of the cash was recovered and several people were arrested.
Fun fact more people came to Louvre to see the empty place where Mona Lisa was placed, when it was robbed from Louvre, than to see the picture while it was in the museum. I noticed that criminals are very interesting to people who are not criminals. For example John Dillinger was one of the favorite persons in America! I am wondering why are criminals so interesting to us?