6. The Damiani Showroom Robbery
This 2008 robbery has many things in common with the other thefts on the list – the use of a tunnel to break in (in this case to a Milan jewelry showroom), the robbers wearing fake police uniforms..and a fatal flaw. The fatal flaw in this case was that some of the most valuable pieces weren’t in the Damiani showroom at the time – they were adorning A-listers in Hollywood. The thieves had picked Oscar night to strike, knowing that the showroom owner would attending the ceremony in L.A. but seemingly not realizing that the most expensive pieces would be going as well – like the 1865-diamond bracelet that Tilda Swinton was wearing (above). Still, the thieves got away with up to $30 million worth of jewelry, so they probably weren’t too upset….at least, not until they were arrested the following December.
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