There is endless money in the bank. And people always are greedy and want to get it,even in illegal way. So some people choose to rob a bank. But what happened after that? Were they succeed? Were they catch? Did they have happy ending?
Northern Bank in Belfast,Northern Ireland 2004
On 20 December 2004,someone went to Northern Bank in Belfast,Northern Ireland and robbed there. They were so smart that they hijacked some employees' families and asked them to work as usual. They got £26.5 million and some other currencies and ran away successfully. A large amount of money,right?(I also want to have so much money.) Because of it,it is the biggest bank robbery in Irish history. But unluckily to those robber,the bank did something to make those money useless;they use a new-look money. So maybe what they did is a vain thing. The bank also called police,but this robbery has not be solved yet.
( http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/1009/109011-northernbank/)
Sumitomo bank in London,UK 2007
With the development in science and technology,robber began to rob the bank at home on computer. Two hackers used a USB memory stick to install a software named "key-logger" in a computer. They got the usernames and passwords of employees who had used this computer. They tried to get $300 million (£229 million). But they made a mistake so they got no money at last. But they did not only make one mistake,they changed some cameras,even cut one. So some employees could find it and call police,and robbers were catch. They were so unlucky that they saw no money because of computer. Also because of computer,they were so lucky to get so much money that this robbery is one of famous robberies.
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7909595.stm)
the Banco Central in Fortaleza,Ceará,Brazil 2005
People not only rob in some tough way,but also in some other more gentle way(still rude in fact), such as digging a tunnel which will spend more time. On Brazil,there was a thing like this. Robber spent some months to dig it from a house someone rented. And on August 6,they came to the bank vault and got more than $ 70 million which made it the biggest robbery in Brazil. And on Monday,employees found it. And only some of them have been arrested when there were 25 took part in this robbery. And only some of money have been regained up to now.
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4133388.stm and http://www.foxnews.com/story/2005/12/02/brazilian-officials-arrest-3-more-in-bank-heist-probe/)
As a conclusion,we can find that not all money can be regained when someone robbed successfully. And not all robber can be arrested(There are always some people arrested.) And bank often will came up some ways to reduce loss,just like in example 1. And there is no doubt that no people had happy ending,even those have not been caugt. They have to hide all the time.
Thomas, a really interesting topic. But it's also very broad, which makes it difficult to come to a decent conclusion. Could you make it more focused? Perhaps look at certain kinds of bank robberies (i.e. those still unsolved, or those in which the most money was stolen, etc.).
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