Northern Bank Robbery | Britain's Biggest Heists | S2E04
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- Опубліковано 12 січ 2022
- In 2004 a gang in Northern Ireland managed to execute one of the most audacious robberies in the world. A violent group kidnapped staff of the Northern Bank in Belfast and held their families hostage. In an elaborate plot, they ordered the staff to steal over £26 million, walking straight out of the bank with the money. In an unprecedented move, the Irish Government issued new notes in the country, to try and flush out the stolen money, but to little avail. In a robbery so calculated that not one of the thieves stepped into the bank to take the loot, none of the stolen cash has since been recovered and the thieves still remain at large.
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In other words, THE PERFECT HEIST
Jesus Akbar
Was it the RA?????
The RA pension fund?????
I would give them bank robbers any information they wanted who gives a shit about someone else's money
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Great documentary 💯🍿
Love watching these heists docs. Thanks for the upload! Keep them coming! 👍🏽
Great video!
The robbers certainly did their homework very well. They had to have been studying the bank for a long time. Since no one expected the bank to be robbed I think it was relatively easy for the robbers to figure many things ot. I wonder if the robbers had time to launder the money they stole. It was some time after the robbery that the bank decided to print new bank notes. That in itself would have taken some time to do. So by that time maybe the money had been put into offshore accounts.
I think the narrator said that 17 million was in new notes and they had the serial numbers. That none of those serial numbers ever showed up anywhere in the world. That 9 million was in old bills, so the robbers could have used the 9 million.
A very interesting documentary
Id say Lee Murray took a few tricks from this robbery.
Lee Murray is a legend
Excellent process.
The fact that Kevin could take the money out from the bank so easily is concerning
The interesting fact that 70k from this robbery ended up in gerry hutchs bank account that he could not explain
They had other employees on the inside for months before
Starting with the guards
Lol good luck 2 the robbers lol
Perfect
Gerry and Martin knew all about this, they got a nice bonus out of it
I was arrested and questioned about that, i had assets seized, and my business was destroyed for years later..
Hope you put away a few pound mate
Terry Medlicott, He's in the 'RA
SO TO HEAR THAT SEND YOUR BILL TO ADAMS
how much you get away with then
I don't bother answering the door at 10pm.
I don't open if I don't know ya.
@@michaelgallagher3640 PERIOD.
You must be so scared in your own home and I find that terrible. What happens if you come at 10.30? Do you stay outside till the morning? What happens if you order a takeaway at 10.05 pm ? If you shrink behind your own front door you will end up littler and littler 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@breakfast917 No its because I can't be bothered.
@@marklittler784 one sentence and you had to edit it 🤣🤣🤣🙃🤣 I bet youve wasted your whole life not being bothered,including getting an education 😁😁😁
Wow true true the got away that move must have been planned for months
Yes, they are good. Some are done with a lot of Strategy. Whether it was Ireland, Britain, Wales.
To think they changed their entire currency
Perfect heist
Belfast isn’t in Britain, therefore this wasn’t a “British robbery”.
You are correct. It was a robbery within the United Kingdom, not Britain.
it is within the uk and to many british is interchangable, especially in a tv format where they dont have to be as correct as in a book or paper. but well done on a very pedantic observation
@@mongobubongo834 It’s clearly within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Many none too bright English see many things as “interchangeable”, which aren’t at all. Ever been to a Scotland v England rugby match where many of them arrive carrying Union Flags, somehow imagining it to be the English flag?
Far from pedantic, it’s a very well defined and vitally important legal distinction, with real implications for the bigoted nonsense that is brexit.
this is why they make the documentaries and you write pedantic comments
@@mongobubongo834 Documentaries are meant to be factual. Clearly, the distinction is wasted on you, as a result of your obvious challenges with English language literacy.
Nasty and never solved. Involving reprinting all the bills of an entire country. I guess the security company should be looked into more carefully, allowing the cctv to be broken for a month. Also alerting that. : "You're white rubbish van comes back for a 2:nd run." But so many powerful people were proly involved that it had to be solved this way. Just look at the guy who DID change the schedules. Very conveniant. He certainly did nothing to fix the broken cctv. For a month.
Actually it wasn’t all the bills of an entire country. Northern Ireland is unusual in that it has no national banknotes, instead, 4 private banks each print their own unique set of banknotes which are all used interchangeably with one another, along with Bank of England notes from England. So in other words, for every denomination there are 5 completely different designs in circulation at the same time. It was only one of these ( the ‘Northern’ bank variety ) that was reprinted, as the vast majority of banknotes stolen in the raid were the ‘Northern’ designs ( and also because Northern bank has no power to tell the other 3 banks + the Bank of England to go and reprint all their money)
Over the years I've found some pre robbery Northern Bank notes 😎 , most people exchanged theirs, so they may be worth a few ££ to collectors in years to come
Provo pension sanctioned by Blair.. Joke
Ok so apparently it's not really solved.
That's what it says in the description....so yes. You must have been a detective on the case.
At the end of the day the bank just printed more and their own so what did they really lose.....some paper 😂
Then Celtic signed Keano Nakamura Dublin and Boruc. Just saying like....
Actually one of the best heist ever, I don't agree with taking people hostage but robbing it without stepping foot in reduce your risk of being caught substantially
Was called a tiger kidnapping then
You mean that everyone had to change their old bank notes? WTF
Did the Northern bank not change the design of the bank notes so the robbers couldn't launder the money ?
The northern notes were called in a third of the loot but still got away with 15 million in other currency
The New RUC, the new name will never hide the old crime's.
Thank you law enforcement
At least it brought peace and order to the country governance. Thank God there was no loss of life. Not all bad looking situations turn out to be BAD after all!!!
Northern Ireland is part of the UK but it is not physically part of the Island of Britain.
This is one of the many reasons as to why weare going to a cashless society
Cashless society is impossible to be honest, we can't have a one form of payments method that's in a digital format, if there was a financial hack all systems would be shut down and nobody could buy anything, it can't work, digital systems fail or go down software wise also it just cant work as its to risky, and financial hacks are more sophisticated these days it's just to risky and simply can't work, plus the volume of cash in circulation or lack of determines the current markets
@@calftobeefwexfordpaul1482 I'm afraid you dont understand
Let everyone know to ensure the loot gets in the swag bag
I guess Chris Ward's solicitor will be played by Matt Damon.
And that's why you don't open your door to Celtic fans 🤔
at the hight of the troubles he opens the door to strangers COME ON MAN WITH YOUR FAMILY THERE
2 german sheperds 2 rottwilers beside me may be a phone on the out aside camera also no way not that time of night come back to morrow morn i would have shouted
@@user-vx4ku3cb8l2004 isn't the height of the troubles, isn't even the troubles. Gfa was signed in 98.
More sectarian comments...!!
@@davidlally592 it's honestly just meant as a lighthearted joke I've got family on both sides and tbh I find the whole thing absolutely ridiculous the amount of hate some people have towards each other is insane I love a friendly rivalry it can be good fun and a laugh but the whole Glasgow old firm rivalry is nasty AF
Security had a big involvement not rocket science
be great to find out who did it one day...and what they spent it on. It was the workers in a double bluff lol
The money went into the republican movement
@@trolmct6972 they whoever they are didnt even get half of the dough
@@jackietreehorn5561 so they got convicted did they then ?
@@Davidnumber23 no... no one did
@@jackietreehorn5561 NO what? EXPRESS YOURSELF MAN lol
Proving it,s just Paper 😏
Thank God they didn't kill anyone 🙏
I believe you would be shocked if you new who did it 😂🤣🙄
Mother Teresa
Bobby Sands
Must of been an inside man/men my thought is one of the 2 who were kidnapped and a security guard
Was the case at the time with bank employee but nothing was ever proven
So although the police intensely searched for clues for months on end and nothing turned up tells me the robbery was extraordinarily professional. In most of the videos I have seen sooner or later a clue or clues show up. For example, somebody gets in trouble with the law and then starts talking about the robbery to get a reduced sentence. Another example is when someone starts spending a lot of money - they buy a new car or a new house. It may be that a snitch overhears something. But in this case no clues showed up. Hence it was a very professional robbery - the best I have ever seen.
The IRA have been playing cat & mouse with M15/Special Branch for decades. They aren't fly by night robbers. They seen it as a military operation & conducted it as such.
I think it was done for political purposes not for the money. The robbers may have been SAS not IRA.
@aspenrebel It was money to fund any future operations & political campaigning (Sein Fein)
@@matthewjamisonretirement fund mostly lol allegedly
@@jackietreehorn5561 No doubt 🤣
Poorly investigated
All the so-called hostages were in on the plan or at least on of them. The two bankers cannot claim to be too terrified to alert the authorities because they had almost 24 hours to calm down and take that rational decision. At least the authorities would have been able to track the robbers to where they were taking the money to without interfering with the heist to save their families. Unbelievable!
Doesn't matter if you have a week in the Maldives to calm down. They *KNOW* not to fu
What are you saying?
So called hostage? Why would you think that?
You need evidence before you lay blame?
Why do they keep recapping what we already know? To extend to programme or do they think we are thick?
Why keep repeating when we all know whats been happening
The more vehemently something is denied the more you know it was them. TD or Total Denial is a strategy that really works - where evidence apart from rumour or purely circumstantial evidence is all the authorities have.
They caught a SF member down in cork burning banknotes from t robbery, so almost certainly ira/sf
Not true. People who are falsely accused can get very aggressive and belligerent and will defend their innocence vociferously. Police will often not even administer lie detector tests when people demand them to prove their innocence. The police know they are dealing with an innocent person.
If paramilitaries were involved then it would've been the IRA, only they could be this sophisticated....can't imagine the likes of mad dog or stone or the likes to be this organised
Mad dog lol
@@rutter1ify wee adair
It was the Jehovah witnesses...
The irish police arrested several SF members down in cork 4 laundering t northern bank cash, one was caught while burning banknotes from t robbery, so almost certainly ira/sf
@@ytcensorhack1876 like father ted said the money was just resting in my account
Why would you open your door in the middle of the night without knowing first who they are? or why would you entertain strangers midnight?stupidity. How smart and wise are UK investigators in cases like that?
You are right, sir...👍
Britain's biggest heist...... In Ireland 😂🤣... 🤔... What an eejit 😄
for the life of me i cant remember this surely i would my birthday is christmas day yet nothing jogs my mind mum and me sat watching t v in ENGLAND AS USUAL CANT REMEBBER IT
those poor people what they went through
of cause war criminal blair came out smelling of roses as did addams and his monkey what a world we live in
What they got houses out there thought they all lived in caravans
Hahahaha ffs hahaha
The peace and respect is very good, but what happened to the money
They spent it all on scratchcards
@@dylancooke9578 and mankinis
I always wanted to Rob a bank in the 80s very close to do it but my m8 let me down , ( thankfully ) they were crazy days, I love the Irish everyone makes out there backward but I think there great
It takes a wise man to act the fool 😂
I'm thinking about doing one now shit
Ironically 'backward' people can't spell correctly, utilize poor syntax and have weak grammatical and punctuation skills.
@@chamezriches5843 days of robbing banks and getting away with it are gone. Better off robbing a rich drug dealer but make sure u do it right.
@@drgonzo6555 I'm thinking of robbing KFC..... not know what I'm doing, just wing it
Who in their right mind would give the key of a bank vault to anyone involved in Celtic FC??!!
Well you Rangers guys wouldn't have the brains.
an irish person. they are not famed for intelligence
Your ma
Rod Stewart
Wowshet man 👨
WoWchikiWoW 🎊 😊 👍 🤩 🤗 🤗 🤗
Was let happen pay off
How can it be Britain's biggest heist, if it happened in Ireland?
Because northern Island is part of the British Isles.
Because Northern Ireland is part of Britain.
Yet another clueless A*******. Look at a map and locate Belfast, idiot.
You are right - It should say UK's biggest heist
@@GodlessScummer no it isn't. Britain is an island containing England, Scotland and Wales. Ireland is a neighbouring island
This should have been called Biggest British Heist as technically it isn`t Britain but it is in the British Isles.
No, it's part of United Kingdom not British Isles.
In reality both person were involve😆 How cannt they phone law enforcement while they can?
Because they would risk the lives of their family. The family was threatened to be killed. I believe the threat was serious. Would you take the risk that it was not serious?
@@JohnBeerschoten-qf8bz they wouldn’t if the whole house was surrounded and police presence announced.
don’t forget murderers love to live, more than anything else
In side job.
the north of ireland is not in britain
We don’t want the north of Ireland
Yeah your right, donegal is in the south
@@WeAreThePeople1690 donegal place/street whatever are in belfast.but ni as wee speak isnt in britain it is in the united kingdom.
The Falkland Iles are not British, Gibraltar is not British, Northern Ireland is not British. Great Britain does not exist anymore. Thank God, because it is an imperialistic criminal organisation based on violence. Just Old Politics for which England finally has to pay after even the Unirted Kingdom does not exist anymore.
@@freakyroot1 if u are a loyalist, look into your heritage, I'd say you are more Irish than u think
The title is misleading.
Belfast is not in Britain
Britain is England, Scotland and Wales.
The UK is England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
So maybe, UK's biggest.....
Everyone in Nt Ireland gets a British Pension and uses British money also the money that was stolen was British Pounds.
B
Ira is badass
Murdering innocent women and children ain't badass
Shit scared of the sas
Leave lrish for lrish were no brits
Clearly both dudes involved themselves. Otherwise its children tale
What would I do with $26 million pounds? Let's see, first, you have to make a deal with the Good Lord. "God if you let me have millions upon millions I'll stop being a little Jerk Off, Amen." That should do it.
A lot of the loot was allegedly gave to ex political combatants as a retirement fund
So boring I fell asleep halfway through😴
These people keep Rabbiting on about 'Political' ~ when its Nothing whatsoever to do with that ~ Its solely 100% Religious ~ Divide and Rule.. Keep them fighting each other and they don't have time to fight the common enemy
You don't know a thing about Ireland if you think it was 100% religious.
@@imnotyourfriendbuddy1883 I lived there a few years, so actually do know
@@andyb.1026
You must have been living on the Shankill or something because the founder of Irish Republicanism was a Protestant, there were Protestants in the IRA and the most famous figure from the troubles, Bobby Sands, came from mixed household.
@@jackietreehorn5561
you treat objects like women maaan
@@imnotyourfriendbuddy1883 - At school we used to joke that Bobby Sands was from Nuneaton. lol
only one faction ripped Northern Ireland apart FACT
Why they wear silly wigs in court? Why not clown makeup and clothes too? Okay, they covering their syphilis, but why not take care of it?
Tradition, which sadly is lacking in many parts of the world.
Jaysus, you're a thick one, ain't ya.