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Storming The Fortress | The Story of Brazil’s Most Brazen Bank Heist

2024/8/30
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In August 2005, a group of thieves orchestrated a major heist at the Central Bank of Brazil in Fortaleza, stealing $70 million. The robbery, undiscovered until Monday morning, involved a sophisticated tunnel dug beneath the bank vault.
  • Over $70 million was stolen.
  • The thieves dug an 80-meter tunnel.
  • The robbery was discovered on Monday morning.

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In August 2005, a group of over twenty thieves pulled off one of the largest bank heists in history, tunneling into the Central Bank of Brazil in Fortaleza and stealing $70 million without triggering any alarms. The sophisticated plan, which took three months to execute, involved a fake landscaping business as a cover for digging the tunnel. Despite their success, most of the robbers were eventually caught or killed, with only a fraction of the stolen money ever recovered. The heist, now infamous, left the thieves' lives in ruins, with many regretting their involvement.

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