Famous Robberies

The thirst for money and adventure, ingenuity and determination — in this fascinating collection of stories about the great robberies of the last two centuries, you will meet the most cunning thieves in history. Each chapter is dedicated to one... of the legendary events: the theft of the "Mona Lisa," the Great Train Robbery, the "Robbery of the Century" in Nice, a daring bank heist in Fortaleza, and other bold and incredible crimes. The chapters are formatted in the style of newspaper pages and materials from journalistic investigations and contain details about all aspects of the robberies and investigations regarding the crime scenes, participants, security systems (and how the criminals managed to bypass them), the clues that the police discovered, and the capture of the criminals.