ooli@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoTIL of the 2013 Cannes heist, in which a solo thief managed to break into a poorly guarded room and snatched a suitcase containing 72 pieces of jewellry worth $136 millionen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up1139arrow-down10
arrow-up1139arrow-down1external-linkTIL of the 2013 Cannes heist, in which a solo thief managed to break into a poorly guarded room and snatched a suitcase containing 72 pieces of jewellry worth $136 millionen.wikipedia.orgooli@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square4fedilink
minus-squarerobocall@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·edit-26 days agoI imagine he’d either cut them into smaller gems, losing most of their value. Or sell them to a 3rd world dictator, or a shady billionaire that no one pays much attention towards.
minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·edit-26 days agoI don’t think you steal $136 million dollars worth of jewels without connections to fence them.
I imagine he’d either cut them into smaller gems, losing most of their value. Or sell them to a 3rd world dictator, or a shady billionaire that no one pays much attention towards.
I don’t think you steal $136 million dollars worth of jewels without connections to fence them.