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Under the streets of Nice [compact disc book] : the bank heist of the century / Ken Follett & Rene L. Maurice.

by Follett, Ken.

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Beverly Hills, CA : Phoenix Audio, p2008. p2008.

Spaggiari, Albert.

Criminals -- France -- Biography.

Crime -- France -- Biography.

Bank robberies -- France -- Nice -- Case studies.

Book on CD

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Albert Spaggiari engineered the European crime of the century--a 1976 bank heist accomplished, as a note left in the empty vault said, "Without guns, without violence, without hate". He and his 20 men had dug a 25 foot tunnel from the city sewer system into the back, where they spent a weekend cooking meals, drinking wine and clearing out a total of $8 to $10 million in gold, jewelry, gems and cash reserves. Tracked down and captured, Spaggiari escaped from the French gendarmes by leaping out a magistrate's window and onto the back of a motorcycle. Convicted in absentia and sentenced to life in prison, he retired to a ranch in Argentina--purchased, according to his memoirs, with the proceeds from the robbery. He taunted police for more than a decade until his mysterious death in 1989, which made him international headlines once again. The loot was never recovered.

4 sound discs (ca. 4 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

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