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Lufthansa heist, 1978 theft of some $5.8 million in cash and jewels from the Lufthansa air cargo building at John F. Kennedy International Airport.
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How the 1978 Lufthansa Heist Led to a Trail of Dead Bodies
A crew of mafia-affiliated hijackers, killers, loan sharks and thieves made off with $5.8 million in cash and jewels. Most involved got 'whacked.'
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Rare Maimonides manuscripts on display in YU Museum Exhibit
The exhibit is also the first time that the manuscript of Moreh Nayukhim, meaning Guide to the Perplexed, will be available for the public to see.
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Nearly $15m in gold stolen from 'high-value container' offloaded from plane at Toronto airport
The plane carrying the gold landed at Toronto's Pearson airport on Monday evening. Cargo was unloaded and taken to the holding facility, but one container was soon reported missing.
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11 December 1978: Lufthansa heist nets $6m
The Mafia has been active in America since the 19th century. It reached the peak of its power in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, with particular influence in construction, sanitation and transport – all tough manual jobs where the ability of workers to disrupt production was high. At the same time, booming global trade and tourism saw large amounts of money and valuables start to flow through airports, making them tempting targets. In 1978, airport workers Louis Werner and Peter Gruenwald tipped off mobster Jimmy Burke to money coming in from US soldiers in West Germany, delivered by Lufthansa ...
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