These Expensive Jewelry Heists Will Make You Lose All Hope In Security Systems

2005 Schipol Airport – $118M (Unconfirmed)

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Due to many of the diamonds being uncut that were stolen, it’s harder to put a hard value on them. Which is why the final amount is unconfirmed. With that aside, this heist is the largest diamond heist ever. This robbery was a simple truck hijack but done in a very gangster way.

Two weeks before the heist, the thieves test ran a stolen KLM cargo truck to make sure everything would be in order. Then on the day things went down, they wore KLM uniforms and drove right up to the truck with the diamonds with tons of people watching. The gang forced the people out at gunpoint and made them lie facedown on the floor. After that, they just drove away, and cops still haven’t found them.