Brink’s-Mat robbery

Brink’s-Mat robbery, high-profile robbery on November 26, 1983, of an estimated £26 million (nearly $38 million) worth of gold, plus diamonds, platinum, and travelers checks, belonging to Johnson Matthey Bankers Ltd., taken from the Brink’s-Mat warehouse near London’s Heathrow Airport. The vast majority of the stolen gold was never recovered, and authorities believe that not everyone involved in the heist has been identified. In 2023 the story was adapted into the BBC series The Gold:...