United Kingdom
- Robbers
- Jimmy O'Loughlin
- Lee Murray
- James Crosbie
- Freddie Foreman
- Frankie Fraser
- Roy Shaw
- Brian Thorogood
- Joey Pyle
- Dave Courtney
- Robberies
- Croydon Airport, 1935, members of the Sabini gang stole £12 million (at today's value) worth of gold bullion.
- Heathrow Airport. 1952, Jack Spot's £1.25million heist failed.
- Eastcastle Street, 1952, Billy Hill's postal van robbery, netted £250,000.
- Great Train Robbery, 1963, Buster Edwards, Charlie Wilson, Bruce Reynolds, Ronnie Biggs etc. robbed £2.6million.
- Linwood bank robbery, 1969, two policemen killed.
- Baker Street robbery, 1971, London, politically sensitive material taken from safe deposit boxes.
- Bank of America robbery, 1975, Mayfair, London. £8 million stolen; £500,000 recovered.
- Security Express, 1983, Curtain Road, Shoreditch, the Knight brothers and friends took £6m.
- Brink's-MAT robbery, 1983, Heathrow Airport, England, £26 million gold bullion.
- Knightsbridge Security Deposit robbery, 1987, £40 million. Gang leader Valerio Viccei caught when he returned to the country.
- City of London financial messenger mugged for £292m in government bonds, 1990. All but two recovered.
- Graff Jewellers 1, 2003, £23m in jewellery taken from this Mayfair store.
- Northern Bank robbery, 2004, Belfast, Northern Ireland, £26 million.
- Securitas depot robbery, 2006, Kent, South East England, £53,116,760.
- Graff Jewellers 2, 2009, Another £40m in jewellery taken.
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