April 17, 2023 from the line's warehouse Air Canada at the Toronto airport over 6,600 gold bars were stolen worth CAD 20 million ($14.5 million). C$2.5 million was also missing (CAD) in cash, in various currencies.
Theft of a precious metal that he came from Switzerlandwas noticed by an employee of the company responsible for further cargo transportation in Canada. When the man showed up at the airport to collect the gold, it turned out that the container in which it was stored had disappeared.
Canada. The biggest gold theft in history
The police suspected it from the very beginning the largest gold theft in Canadian history “a well-organized group of criminals”. After a year of investigation, the investigators were informed about the first successes in this case The identities of nine perpetrators were established.
Some of them have already been detained and charges were brought against them. The three people involved are still wanted wanted posters.
In the case of the accused, it is two Air Canada employees. One of them, taking advantage forged shipping documentswhich were a duplicate of the documents issued the day before for the delivery of seafood, he got into the warehouse, then loaded the gold and money into a truck and left the airport as if nothing had happened.
Another suspect was detained in the USA. Found in his vehicle 65 pieces weapons that, according to law enforcement authorities, were to be sent from the United States to Canada. The police therefore suspect that some of the people involved in the gold theft are also involved in handel firearms.
Theft from the airport. What happened to the gold?
So far, policemen they recovered the equivalent of PLN 430,000. Canadian dollars in cash and six gold bracelets worth approximately PLN 89,000. CAD. Investigators also found equipment for melting gold. – We believe that the gold was melted down and reintroduced into local and international markets, said Detective Mike Mavity, who investigated the case.
– This story is so sensational and unbelievable that it fits better Netflix series – said Peel Region Police Chief Nishan Duraiappah.
A few months after the theft, the American security company Brink's, whose task is to coordinate the shipment of goods, sued Air Canada. According to the company's lawyers, the airline acted “recklessly” and failed to prevent the theft by not taking action no attempts to verify identity a person who “escaped with the cargo”.
The documents show that the goods were stolen 42 minutes after unloading from the plane. “There were no protocols or security features in place to monitor, limit or otherwise regulate access of unidentified persons to the warehouses,” they quote. lawsuit Canadian media.
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