Discovery Channel Documentaries

Gold Diggers: World's Biggest Bank Robbery (2006x26)

Air date: Apr 08, 2006

In 2005, 168,000,000 Brazilian Real (almost 80,000,000 US dollars) was stolen from a Brazilian bank, making it the biggest peace-time robbery in history. It was perhaps the most audacious bank heist ever. The gang were widely hailed as folk-heroes. The crime was technically brilliant, and they disappeared without trace. Police were stunned by what they found – and so was the Discovery audience. The gang had burrowed in from over a block away, creating a tunnel that was wood-panelled, strip lit – and even air-conditioned! They destroyed all forensics at the scene, and only took bank notes that were untraceable. Not a single alarm was triggered. By the time the theft was noticed, the gang had disappeared into thin air...