


Then Tokyo, men wearing wigs entered luxury shops, immobilized clerks with pepper spray and made off with diamonds, a tiara, and the Comtesse de Vendome necklace worth $30 million.Ĭopenhagen 2007, a jewelry store inside a hotel, in front of stunned guests, three men raced through the lobby and into the store. Incidentally, it was the largest jewel heist in British history. That's how they became known as the Pink Panthers. Remember this scene from that hilarious Peter Sellers comedy where the thief hides the diamond in a jar of cold cream? Well, these professional thieves did exactly the same thing after they hit a high-end jewelry store in London in 2003, making off with $40 million in diamonds. Legendary, in part, because of their name. A Pink Panther jail break in Switzerland 02:05
