On Monday, September 13, 1971, thieves tunnelled into the vault of Lloyds Bank on Baker Street in London, and ransacked the safety deposit boxes, making off with a haul estimated at the time to be in the region of £500,000. In fact, the robbers looted in excess of £3million, which, in 1971, made it the largest ever bank robbery in the United Kingdom.
In Fredrick Forsyth’s novel The day of the Jackal the main character obtains a false identity by applying for a passport in the name of a dead man who would now be roughly his own age. All he needs to do is to get a copy of the man’s birth certificate, fill in the forms, and wait. Forsyth is renowned for his thorough research, and a number of people have copied his simple method.
60 years ago on the 8 August 1963 was the day of the Great Train Robbery which at that time shocked the UK, however, although now most who were involved in the Great Train Robbery are now no longer with us there are still unanswered questions and many secrets surrounding the robbery which even involved a highly thought of politician who had a great influence on what happened that day and thereafter.
OPC Global News and Media Corporation republish Giovanni Di Stefanos letter from the inside written in 2014.
Ivar Kreuger was born on the 2 March 1880 in the Swedish seaside town of Kalmar. His father helped to run a shipping business and was the local Russian Consul. Kreuger trained as an engineer in Stockholm and at the age of 20 left his homeland to pursue his fortune in America.
Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (29 July 1883 – 28 April 1945) was the leader of the National Fascist Party of Italy and is credited with being one of the key figures in the creation of fascism.