Thieves stole more than $39 million from the Belfast headquarters of Northern Bank - the biggest robbery in Northern Ireland history, authorities said Tuesday.
A robbery of this magnitude can only be executed by a powerful organised gang. In Northern Ireland the IRA is perceived as the biggest one.
Police say the group with the biggest reputation for mounting bank robberies is the Irish Republican Army, which is observing a 1997 cease-fire but continues to run a range of criminal enterprises, including cigarette and fuel smuggling. The group in the past has gained access to high-security targets by taking the families of employees hostage.
Brings to mind the time Saddam took nearly $1 billion from Iraq's Central Bank before the U.S. attack. Could this be a pension payout for the IRA?
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