This story:  

Armed robbers snatch $50m in uncut diamonds from Brussels airport

Eight heavily armed robbers have stolen a consignment of diamonds worth up to £32 million from a Brinks van on the runway of Brussels airport.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/belgium/9879331/Armed-robbers-snatch-50m-in-uncut-diamonds-from-Brussels-airport.html

Reminded me of this story:

The Lufthansa Heist of 1978

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lufthansa_heist

I was thinking of that story last night b/c I was up late listening to Adam Carolla interview Nick Pileggi.

Nick Pileggi wrote the Henry Hill story which was published as the book, Wiseguy.

That book became one of the best movies ever made - Goodfellas.

And the Lufthansa Heist is a major plot point in the movie, not to mention the fact that it resulted in the deaths of lots of folks, on and off screen.

It's a pretty fascinating story.

The short version goes like this:

A guy owes money to the mob for gambling debts.

He knows when Lufthansa brings large amounts of unmarked cash into the U.S.

Mob guys show up and take millions of dollars.

The FBI figures out pretty quick who is likely involved.

Everybody even remotely involved starts getting very dead - including a guy who was, like in the movie, butchered and left in a meat cooler.

The end.