He committed his first robbery in order to impress a girlfriend by giving her a diamond. Masterminds was a true crime documentary television series produced in canada with trutv formerly court tv as of february 2011, the program is broadcast on history television and global tv in canada and trutv in the united states each 30 minute episode features one true crime story. In reality, the store he owned was a front for one of the most brilliant burglary rings in american history an enterprise that boosted tens of millions of dollars worth of garments from highend fashion designers without them even realizing theyd been hit. Convicted of murder as well as criminal charges related to weapons, and the violation of an injunction against. Albert spaggiari 14 december 1932 8 june 1989, nicknamed bert, was a french criminal. Spaggiaris somewhat self aggrandizing views of life. Their work was translated from the french into the english in 1978 by the british author ken follett under the title the heist of the century. Buried deep underground and with four foot thick walls of reinforced concrete, even the most daring of criminals knew it was impregnable. The great riviera bank robbery hardcover april 23, 1979 01jan1605. As a young man he committed his first robbery in order to impress his girlfriend, but was soon captured and imprisoned. Perhaps the one real life bank robber who comes closest to the hollywood image of a criminal mastermind was albert spaggiari. Join facebook to connect with alex spaggiari and others you may know. The canadian television series masterminds produced and transmitted an episode titled the. Albert spaggiaris robbery of the societe generale bank in nice in 1976, in which he stole gold, cash and gems worth millions.
Albert spaggiari s robbery of the societe generale bank in nice in 1976, in which he stole gold, cash and gems worth millions. After his release and having served in the french military. Entering the sewer system of nice, france, his team tunneled. Over the course of several weeks, they had carved out a 25foot tunnel from the sewer system into the bank. Police arrest mastermind of 1976 french oceans eleven bank heist. After bungling a job in london, albert, an international thief, masterminds a plan to rob a geneva bank of 7 tons of gold. Court tvs documentary series masterminds presents an indepth look at some of the greatest crimes in history. According to his wikipedia page he committed his first robbery to get some jewelry for his.
Spaggiari s crew had managed to connect the bank and nices sewer system without drawing any attention. Download your financial bff emma here v drop down for more details. The suspected mastermind of frances heist of the century went on trial. The list contains the best, new and most relevant recruiting movies ordered by relevance. The canadian television series masterminds produced and aired an episode titled the riviera job, reenacting the story of the robbery. In the 1980s, peter cassese was known as a successful new york clothing wholesaler.
Peter salerno and dominick latella of the dinner set gang. Assisted by the seductive giorgia, who works from within the bank, and six other accomplices, albert sets himself up in an expensive hotel with a. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. With jamie watson, john gillis, tony white, michael thomas. In the words of the author of this book and mastermind inchief of this caper. As well as a range of worm gearboxes designed for the food and chemical processing industries. Its products include worm gearboxes, coaxial gearboxes, bevel helical and mechanical speed variators with atex certification available. This book is a combination of the true bank heist details along with mr. That was until albert spaggiari came to town and pulled off europes greatest bank heist. In the 70s, albert spaggiari, a mildmannered local portrait photographer, masterminded a spectacular heist of the societe generale bank on avenue jean medecin, which involved tunneling into the vault from the sewers. Albert spaggiari was a french career criminal who is best known for masterminding the societe generale bank robbery in france, 1976. Albert bert spaggiari was born in a commune in southeastern france in 1932. Contribute to acidvegasspaggiari development by creating an account on github.
Masterminds canadian tv series project gutenberg self. To check out the feasibility of his idea, spaggiari first made sure there was no sound alarm by renting a safety deposit box and planting a loud alarm clock inside set. Thieves stole over five million dollars worth of sketches and books from the. In this video, we discuss one of the biggest bank heists ever to occur in france. Safe landing aka a gem of a heist mark collins jewel theft 16.
In 1976, albert spaggiari, along with a team of 20 men, broke into a vault in the societe generale bank in nice, france. Born in japan, samuragochi, a japanese composer from hiroshima prefecture, gave a worldwide announcement th. An insight into criminal masterminds and ingenious plots, featuring the brinks mat robbery, the biggest heist in british history. Albert spaggiari successfully robbed one of the greatest depositories of wealth in the nation of france in the 1970s and then made an incredible escape and lived life on the run until his death from cancer in 1989. The recommendation service has sorted out exciting, realistic, suspenseful, humorous, surprise ending and serious films and tv shows about with recruiting, heist, caper, police, murder, planning, robbery, escape, crimes and rivalry plots mostly in drama, crime and action genres shot in usa, uk, france. The profiled crimes generally involve large sums of cash or merchandise and, more important, extremely. It contained more gold, money and gems than the top ten banks in paris. Their work was translated in 1978 by the british author ken follett as the heist of the century also published as the gentleman of 16 july and under the streets of nice. A perfect heist isnt something thats found only in the movies. Suspected mastermind on trial for frances heist of the century.
Albert spaggiari, a photographer who confessed to being the mastermind of an elaborate 1976 bank robbery on the riviera that captivated all of france and gained international notoriety as the. Author of tellall book on trial over frances heist of the century the. Spaggiari trasmissioni manufactures gearboxes from their production plant in formigine, italy. Albert spaggiari, and his team of 20 men, had spent several summer weeks digging a 25foot tunnel underneath the street leading to the societe generale bank. Profiling master thieves, cat burglars, bank robbers, forgers and smugglers, learn how their genius and master planning set them apart from their criminal cohorts and made them millions. Nope, he isnt a serial murderer, rapist or cartel leader. Suspected mastermind on trial for frances heist of the. Albert spaggiari, 57, mastermind of notorious riviera bank heist. Albert spaggiari, 57, mastermind of notorious riviera bank. He went on to join a paratroop regiment during the indochina war, but managed to avoid the bloody climactic confrontation. Hes one of the most prolific musical fraudsters in history. The suspected mastermind of frances heist of the century has gone on trial more than 40 years after robbers tunnelled through sewers to snatch the equivalent of 29m from a bank vault.
Enjoyable though extremely poorly written story of a real life gold heist, written by the mastermind, of people living in sewers and crawling through excrement for days on end in the greed for gold. Join facebook to connect with albert spaggiari and others you may know. Who really masterminded frances crime of the century. Spaggiaris crew had managed to connect the bank and nices sewer system without drawing any attention. Spaggiari trasmissioni micro clutch developments ltd. Until his book appeared in 2010, police had assumed the nice heist was the work of albert spaggiari, who was arrested a few months. In 2010 jacques cassandri published a book, the truth about the nice heist, in which. Spaggiari was never convicted, escaping from a judges office window.
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