# Is there such thing as "all star professional heist crews" in real life? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 31, 2018, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-such-thing-as-all-star-professional-heist-crews-in-real-life/818848 "2018-07-31T02:40:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2018, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-such-thing-as-all-star-professional-heist-crews-in-real-life/818848/21 "2018-08-01T23:03:05Z")
The Hatton Garden heist gang knew each other from a couple of big heists in 1983 (Brink’s Mat and Security Express). > **[Hatton Garden raid gang sentenced to 34 years over gem heist](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3483679/Hatton-Garden-gang-sentenced-14million-gem-raid-today.html)** > > The group planned and carried out the break-in on a jewellery vault beneath London's diamond district before enlisting others to help them hide their £14million-worth of loot. Plus the press gave them cool nicknames like Billy the Fish, Mr Ginger, Mr Strong, Mr Montana, The Gent, The Tall Man and The Old Man, so bonus points for that. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2018, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-such-thing-as-all-star-professional-heist-crews-in-real-life/818848/22 "2018-08-01T23:31:03Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Eh, using your own vehicle might be bad, but it only becomes a _real_ problem if you have the horn customized to play “La Cucuraca”. It’s OK, you can always steal a police car to distract them. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2018, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-such-thing-as-all-star-professional-heist-crews-in-real-life/818848/23 "2018-08-01T23:39:20Z")
If you add in mafia involved heists, Goodfellas is based on real events. ---
**Author:** ![Lamoral](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lamoral/32/16078_2.png) [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2018, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-such-thing-as-all-star-professional-heist-crews-in-real-life/818848/24 "2018-08-02T02:09:10Z")
> [@zimaane](#): > > I learned about this group from another sdmb thread: > > [Brabant killers - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brabant_killers) > > The Brabant gang were a criminal group of three men who committed robberies and murders in the 1980s. Some of the details are rather weird. That was my thread, and that case has captivated me for a while. The details are beyond weird. They stole coffee, tea, wine, and large quantities of cooking oil during robberies in which dozens of people were shot to death. They stole their getaway car _back_ from a police garage after it was impounded. They got away clean every single time, dozens of times, over the course of three years. Most likely, one or all of the gang were active-duty members of the police or military, which is why they were never caught. It’s _begging_ for a movie adaptation, but it’s so fucking bizarre and baroque that Wes Anderson would have to direct it. ---
**Author:** ![Hi\_Neighbor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hi_neighbor/32/494_2.png) [@Hi\_Neighbor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hi_Neighbor)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2018, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-such-thing-as-all-star-professional-heist-crews-in-real-life/818848/25 "2018-08-02T17:49:40Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > The Hatton Garden heist gang knew each other from a couple of big heists in 1983 (Brink’s Mat and Security Express). > [Hatton Garden raid gang sentenced to a total of 34 years over £14m gem heist | Daily Mail Online](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3483679/Hatton-Garden-gang-sentenced-14million-gem-raid-today.html) > > Plus the press gave them cool nicknames like Billy the Fish, Mr Ginger, Mr Strong, Mr Montana, The Gent, The Tall Man and The Old Man, so bonus points for that. And the trailer for the [Hatton Garden safe deposit burglary](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatton_Garden_safe_deposit_burglary) was just released today! What timing. Here it is, [King of Thieves](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkQHNgeg--Q), starring Michael Caine. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2018, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-such-thing-as-all-star-professional-heist-crews-in-real-life/818848/26 "2018-08-10T21:38:03Z")
as close as it gets in real life [MSN](https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/personalfinance/modern-burglars-bring-oceans-eleven-tactics-to-neighborhoods/ar-BBLKjgz) the investigative officer said “its oceans 11” without Clooney and pitt [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-such-thing-as-all-star-professional-heist-crews-in-real-life/818848.md?page=1)