List of famous bank robbers and robberies

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This is a list of famous bank robberies, bank robbers and gangs involved in bank robberies.

Contents 1 Australia 2 Brazil 3 Canada 4 France 5 Georgia 6 Germany 7 Hungary 8 Iraq 9 Israel 10 Italy 11 Norway 12 Netherlands 13 Romania 14 South Africa 15 Serbia 16 Spain 17 Sweden 18 United Kingdom 19 United States 19.1 Robbers 19.2 Robberies 20 Uruguay

[edit] Australia

• Ned Kelly
• Brenden Abbott - The Postcard Bandit

[edit] Brazil

• Banco Central burglary at Fortaleza - 2005, One of the largest robberies in history

[edit] Canada

• The Boyd Gang
• Roger Caron
• Ty Conn
• Monica Proietti

[edit] France

• Bonnot gang
• Jacques Mesrine
• Albert Spaggiari

[edit] Georgia

• Jaba Ioseliani

[edit] Germany

• Red Army Faction
• Andreas Baader

[edit] Hungary

• Attila Ambrus - The "Whiskey Robber," he was a Szekely from Romania.

[edit] Iraq

• Central Bank of Iraq -- Nearly US$1 billion is stolen on March 18, 2003, just hours after the United States began bombing Baghdad. This is considered the largest bank heist in history. (Source CNN [1] )

[edit] Israel

• Lehi

[edit] Italy

• Valerio Viccei (convicted of Knightsbridge Security Deposit robbery)

[edit] Norway

• Nokas robbery

[edit] Netherlands

• Hans Gruyters

[edit] Romania

• Ioanid Gang

[edit] South Africa

• Andre Stander

[edit] Serbia

• Željko Ražnatović

[edit] Spain

• GRAPO

[edit] Sweden

• The Norrmalmstorg Robbery
• John Ausonius - The Laser Man killer.

[edit] United Kingdom

• Ronnie Biggs
• The Great Train Robbery of 1963
• Brinks Mat robbery, 1983, Heathrow Airport, England, £26 million gold bullion
• Knightsbridge Security Deposit robbery, 1987 - £40m, US$68m, one of the largest robberies in history.
• Northern Bank robbery, 2004, Belfast, Northern Ireland, £26 million
• Securitas depot robbery, 2006, Kent, South East England, £53,116,760

[edit] United States

[edit] Robbers

• Ma Barker
• Naomi Betts
• Bonnie and Clyde
• Butch Cassidy
• Harry Longabaugh "The Sundance Kid"
• Emmett Dalton and the Dalton Gang, 1890s
• William Daddano Sr.
• John Dillinger
• Johnny Dobbs
• Bill Doolin, 1890s
• Charles Arthur "Pretty Boy" Floyd
• The James Brothers, Frank and Jesse
• Patty Hearst
• J.L. Hunter
• James-Younger gang, 1866-1881
• Alvin Karpis
• Tom Ketchum
• McCanles gang, 1861
• Midwest Bank Robbers, 1990s
• Bugs Moran
• George "Baby Face" Nelson
• Joseph "Specs" O'Keefe
• Romper Room Gang
• Symbionese Liberation Army, James Kilgore
• Mutulu Shakur
• Henry Starr
• Willie "The Actor" Sutton
• Wilbur Underhill
• Bobby "One-Eye" Wilcoxson
• John Wojtowicz

[edit] Robberies

• Great Brinks Robbery, 1950, $1.2m cash, $1.5m other
• Lufthansa heist, 1978
• North Hollywood shootout, 1997
• Dunbar Armored robbery, 1997, $18.9m cash
• Bank of America Robbery, 1998, $1.6 million cash

[edit] Uruguay

• Tupamaros