10宗堪稱手法完美的犯罪(下)

First National Vault Robbery — $1 Million US

6.第一國家銀行劫案——1百萬美元

It's like something David Copperfield would have devised. On Friday October 7, 1977, before Columbus Day Weekend, a bank worker counted $4 million dollars in cash and stored it in a locked money cart within a heavily guarded vault, two floors below the Chicago First National Bank. Then poof! Tuesday morning, the money is counted again, and exactly $1 million dollars – in $50 and $100 dominations and weighing over 80 pounds – had vanished into thin air. In 1981, $2300 of the money showed up in a drug raid, but otherwise both the perpetrators and the cash are still at large.

整個劫案就好像大衛·科波菲爾德的魔術表演。1977年10月7日的星期五，就在哥倫布日的前一天，銀行工作人員清點了4百萬美元現金，把它們鎖在守衛森嚴的保險庫的一個帶鎖的錢箱裏，保險庫位於芝加哥第一國家銀行地下2層。然後，噗！星期四早上，再次清點這些現金的時候，整整1百萬美元——面值有50和100美元，重達80多磅的現金——憑空消失了。在1981年，在一次毒品清剿中出現了這100萬中的2300美元，不然的話，主犯和現金至今都不知所蹤。

Harry Winston Heist — $108 Million US

7.哈利·溫斯頓劫案——1.08億美元

The winner for boldest burglary goes to the perpetrators of the so-called Harry Winston Heist. On December 4, 2008, four men, three of whom wore long blonde wigs and disguised themselves as women, charmed their way into the famous Paris jewelry store just before closing time. Once inside, they brandished a .357 and a hand grenade and began their pillaging. Less than 15 minutes later they escaped with diamonds, rubies, and emeralds worth an estimated $108 million US. Investigators believe it to be the work of the notorious Serbian criminal gang The Pink Panthers, responsible for $132 million in robberies around the world, and have never been nabbed.

最大膽的盜竊屬於哈利·溫斯頓劫案的主犯。2008年12月4日，4個男人，其中3人戴了金色長假髮，僞裝成女人的樣子進入著名的巴黎珠寶店，這時珠寶店即將打烊。他們一進去，就揮舞着點357手槍和手榴彈開始搶劫。不到15分鐘，他們就帶着價值約1.08億美元的鑽石、紅寶石和翡翠逃之夭夭。警方調查確信這是臭名昭著的塞爾維亞犯罪團伙——粉紅豹所爲。這個團伙在世界各地均有搶劫記錄，涉案總額高達1.32億美元，但他們從未被抓住。

Tucker Cross Heist — Priceless

8.塔克十字架劫案——無價

The Tucker Cross, named after diver Teddy Tucker who, in 1955, recovered it from the 1594 wreck of the San Pedro, was a 22-karat gold cross embedded with sparkling green emeralds and considered priceless. Nonetheless, Tucker sold it to the Government of Bermuda for an undisclosed sum. In 1975, the Cross was moved to the Bermuda Museum of Art to be displayed for Queen Elizabeth II. No one knows when or how, but during this transition, a clever thief replaced the original with a cheap plastic replica. Presumably, this historical artifact was melted down, stripped of its jewels, and funneled into the Black Market. (Source)

塔克十字架，以潛水員泰迪·塔克命名，他在1955年從1594年的沉船聖佩德羅的殘骸中找到了它。這是一個22克拉的黃金十字架，上面鑲滿了亮麗的綠翡翠，被認爲是無價之寶。但是，塔克將它賣給了百慕大政府，成交價未公開。在1975年，爲了向伊麗莎白二世展示十字架，就把它運往百慕大藝術博物館。沒有人知道是麼時候或用了什麼方法，但在運輸途中，一個絕頂聰明的盜賊用一個一文不值的塑料仿製品替換了真品。我們只能假設，這件歷史藝術珍寶的黃金被溶解，珠寶被宛出，流入了黑市。

dad Bank Robbery — $282 million

9.巴格達銀行劫案——2.82億美元

Yes, Saddam Hussein allegedly pillaged a billion dollars before the US-led invasion, but we all know what happened to him. On July 11th, 2007 a different Thief of Baghdad struck… and got away with it. Dar Es Salaam, a private financial institution, was knocked over by two, or possibly three guards, absconding with a third of a billion in cold, hard US bills. Perhaps the bank itself did not want people to start wondering where, how, and why it had so much cash at hand, so they have kept mum and there has been minimal press. Somewhere, SOMEBODY is rolling around naked in a wad of cash and laughing all the way from the bank.

是的，據說薩達姆·侯賽因在美軍入侵之前掠奪了10億美元，但我們都知道了他的下場。2007年7月11日，發生一起不同尋常的巴格達偷襲，盜賊全身而退。達累斯薩拉姆，一傢俬人金融機構，被2或3名守衛洗劫，帶走了約3億美元的現金。也許銀行不希望公衆對這麼多現金產生各種猜測，比如存放地點，保管方式和用途等，於是他們就對此次劫案沉默不語，相關報道也很少。在世界的某個地方，有人正在一卷卷的錢堆上嘲笑着巴格達銀行呢！

French "Vacuum Gang" — 600,000 EU and counting...

10.法國“吸塵器黑幫”——60萬歐元並在持續增長中……

This crew wins the award for Most Ingenious. Monoprix, a French supermarket chain, locks their Euros inside steel safes many inches thick. But the pneumatic tubes connected TO the safes… not so much. Using little more than a drill and a vacuum, the gang à l'aspirateur (vacuum gang in English) have so far siphoned away 600,000 EU in 15 robberies. Suckers… (Source)

這夥團隊的手法最爲巧妙。不二價超市，法國的連鎖超市，把他們的營業額鎖在好幾英寸厚的鐵質保險櫃裏。但是保險櫃卻與通氣管道相連（並不保險）。僅用鑽子和吸塵器，the gang a l'aspirateur（法語，吸塵器黑幫）目前在15次搶劫中吸走了60萬歐元。真是笨蛋……

Thinking about pulling off the perfect crime? Here are a few tips, gleaned from the above examples:

想策劃完美的犯罪嗎？從上面的例子總結出幾條小建議：

1. Plan your crime on or just before a holiday.

1.在假期或放假之前實施犯罪。

2. Disguise yourself as a police officer or sexy woman.

2.僞裝成警察或性感美女。

3. Make sure you have an identical twin.

3.有一位同卵雙胞胎。