True Heist

On 24 May 1971, based on a telephone call purportedly from Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and her secretary P.N. Haksar, the chief cashier at the Parliament Street branch of the State Bank of India handed over Rs 60 lakh to a stranger posing as the PM's courier. The money was supposedly meant for secret operations in East Pakistan. When the chief cashier approached the PMO for a receipt, he was told that neither Haksar nor the PM had given any such instructions. He had been duped.

Drogenschmuggel, Menschenhandel und brutaler Mord – wahre Kriminalfälle. Selbst einem Strafverteidiger kann das Blut in den Adern gefrieren, wenn grausame Taten verhandelt werden und, mehr noch, die erschütternden Schicksale der Opfer ans Licht kommen. Was sich im Gerichtssaal abspielt, ist - bestenfalls - das verdiente Ende der Täter. Strafverteidiger Bernd Hesse kennt und erzählt die Geschichten von ihrem Ausgangspunkt an und in allen Verästelungen, wahre Kriminalfälle aus dem Bereich der "Organisierten Kriminalität", Mädchenhandel, Drogenschmuggel; Taten auch, die aus tragischen Verwicklungen "ganz normaler Bürger" resultierten.

Der Raub des sächsischen Staatsschatzes aus dem Grünen Gewölbe in Dresden hält Deutschland seit Jahren in Atem. In der Nacht zum 25. November 2019 verschafften sich sechs schwarz gekleidete Männer Zutritt zu den Räumen des Dresdner Schlosses, schlugen mit Äxten auf die Vitrinen ein und entwendeten Schmuck im Versicherungswert von über hundert Millionen Euro. Die beiden SPIEGEL-Bestseller-Autoren Thomas Heise und Claas Meyer-Heuer sind wie gewohnt hautnah dran am Geschehen.

Stockholms förflutna består till stor del av en rad mörka och skrämmande incidenter som utspelade sig mitt i centrums hjärta. Mördare, spioner, mordbrännare, tjuvar och smugglare fanns det gott om och människor från alla samhällsklasser hamnade på fel sida om lagen. I "Glömda mord och andra försvunna" brott har Petter Inedahl samlat en mängd oberättade historier från 1950- och 60-talet från Stockholms stadsarkiv, polisens arkiv och Riksarkivet.

Blekingegadebanden fortsætter op gennem firserne med en stribe danmarkshistorisk store røverier som julekuppet i Daells Varehus og rullestolsrøveriet i Herlev. I samme periode overvåges gruppens medlemmer af efterretningstjenesten. Men hvorfor bliver de aldrig afsløret? I 1983 er kriminalpolitiet tæt på at opklare gruppens røveri mod en pengetransport i Lyngby. Men i al diskretion bliver efterforskningen stoppet fra højeste sted i Justitsministeriet.

Gordon Goody was the mystery man of the Great Train Robbery. The tall, enigmatic figure behind the most notorious theft in British history, he has kept his silence for five decades—until now. Born in England but raised in rural Northern Ireland, Goody rose to the rank of army sergeant during National Service and sailed in the merchant navy. But he chose a life of crime and, undeterred by a dose of the birch in Wormwood Scrubs, became one of the most prolific robbers in London.

Tra il 1887 e il 1960 il Brasile accoglie oltre un milione e mezzo di italiani. Uno di loro è Gino Amleto Meneghetti, che arriva da Pisa con una carriera già avviata: ladro professionista. Sbarcato nel 1913, l'anno seguente sconta già la prima condanna e, colpo dopo colpo, Gino diventa il nemico pubblico numero 1 della polizia di San Paolo.

Blekingegadebandens historie handler om meget mere end et millionrøveri mod et postkontor i Købmagergade og drabet på en ung politibetjent i 1988. Historien begynder sidst i 1960'erne, da kommunisterne Gotfred Appel og Ulla Hauton samler en gruppe oprørske unge mennesker under sig og sender dem til Jordan i militær træningslejr hos Folkefronten til Palæstinas Befrielse, PFLP.

Sommaren 2003 sker ett av Sveriges mest uppmärksammade rån i blekingska Bräkne-Hoby. Efter långa förberedelser slår Toni Tuunainen och två kumpaner till mot en värdetransport innehållande 15 miljoner kronor. Det är det perfekta brottet, tror de, men polisen är dem på spåren. En intensiv eldstrid utbryter. När skotten tystnat ser Toni sin ena kompis död på marken. Han flyr till Stockholm och får syn på sitt ansikte på kvällstidningarnas löpsedlar. Det här är den osminkade historien om en kille som växte upp i miljonprogramsförorten Norsborg söder om Stockholm.

This is the story of how Securicor guard Eddie Maher managed to pull off a £1.2 million heist, fled the country despite every port being closed, spawned an international manhunt and managed to evade capture for 20 years. As Britain's most wanted man, he led 30 detectives, FBI and Interpol on a wild goose chase across the USA. Dubbed 'Fast Eddie' by the press, he was always one step ahead.

Marie seems to have it all: a devoted husband, two wonderful children, and a professional career. But all of that changes when she drives her car into the darkened parking lot of a fast-food restaurant. After she lowers her car window to place an order at the drive-through, a man suddenly appears and places a gun at her temple. What follows is every woman's worst nightmare.

MtGox was the biggest Bitcoin exchange in the world when it imploded in 2014, taking almost half a billion dollars in customer funds with it. The collapse of MtGox, triggered by a perfect storm of crippling hacks and spectacular mismanagement, shocked the Bitcoin world to its core and left the fledgling cryptocurrency on the ropes. Worse, it started a battle for compensation by creditors that took over a decade to resolve, by which time the loss was calculated at over $50 billion.

Frigid tells the story of the 1991 United Bank of Denver Robbery. Four guards were murdered. Six vault tellers were held at gunpoint. The book contains interviews with many people involved in the case. James W. King was tried and acquitted in 1992.

Nineteen-year-old Burmah Adams, a hairdresser and former Santa Ana High School student, spent her honeymoon on a crime spree. She and her husband of less than one week, White, an ex-con, robbed at least 20 people in and around downtown L.A. at gunpoint over an eight-week period. But the worst of their crimes was the shooting of a popular elementary school teacher, Cora Withington, and a former publisher, Crombie Allen, who was teaching her how to drive his new car.

Whether in Truman Capote’s detailed murder of the Clutter family or Ted Bundy’s small-town charm, criminals have always roamed rural America and towns worldwide. Featuring murder stories, criminal case studies, and more, The Best New True Crime Stories: Small Towns contains all-new accounts from writers of true crime, crime journalism, and crime fiction. And these entries are not based on a true story—they are true stories. Edited by acclaimed author and anthologist Mitzi Szereto, the stories in this volume span the globe.

Un policier de terrain dit tout ! Chaque jour, des milliers d'actes malveillants ont lieu partout en France. Les victimes se comptent par milliers. Au-delà de la violence, on reste souvent médusés par les techniques utilisées par les voleurs. Sébastien Fedeli traque les malfaiteurs depuis de nombreuses années. Il les révèle pour la toute première fois dans ce livre explosif ! Bourré de conseils, ce livre fait toute la lumière sur un métier des plus mal connus : voleurs !

On a Sunday evening in December 2004, two young men were at home with their families. Both worked for the Northern Bank’s cash centre in Belfast. They heard knocks on their front doors. Within a few minutes, masked men invaded their homes, overpowered their loved ones and disabled their electronic devices. It was made clear to the two bank officials that they had a choice: do what they were told or their families would die. In the wake of the twentieth anniversary of this bizarre robbery, Glenn Patterson builds on his popular BBC podcast to shed new light on the story of the infamous heist.

Armed-encounters expert and police trainer Brian McKenna shares his expertise in a series of gripping stories involving real-life police shootouts. Step into the shoes of police officers who have run toward the sound of gunfire, who have faced attacks by deadly assailants, and who have lived to share the tale. But this book is more than just stories about courageous cops. Each story is followed by McKenna’s expert analysis of its important learning points, especially concerning how and why the officers use force and the legal aspects of self-defense and the defense of others.

In her youth, amidst the throes of a reckless grief, aspiring Australian writer Marele Day is caught up in a shipwreck adventure and forges an unlikely bond with an international fugitive travelling under a pseudonym. For the next 30 years they correspond before reuniting, both older and wiser, in France.

On the 8th August 1963 a gang of 15 men stopped a mail train in Buckinghamshire and proceeded to steal sacks of money worth £2.6 million. It was the biggest heist ever carried out in the UK and frontpage news around the world. The mastermind behind this most audacious crime of the twentieth century was Bruce Reynolds. Perhaps the last of the 'gentlemen villains'; Reynolds epitomised that particular breed of sharply dressed post-war criminals who mixed with royalty and movie stars, and never carried a gun. They thrived on adventure and glamour, and the Great Train Robbery was their last ride.