Saturday, February 25, 2006

Highest Heist

The public are not really outraged at Britain's largest bank robbery. Most people I have talked to have a sneaking admiration for the crooks. Undoubtedly this will never be shared by the poor family that had to undergo the terrifying ordeal of being kidnapped as part of the plan. It is pretty difficult to have a lot of the sympathy for the good guys. Securitas builds a facility that clearly has something valuable in it, and then just in case you did not get it they put a sign on the building "Securitas Cash Management." I seem to think that a prevention of car crime ad running in the UK makes fun of the poor motorist who leaves valuables on the back seat!

Anyway the kidnap the managers family is such obvious ploy that one would think that it would definitely be a job posting for an out of towner with no family. I would love to see the risk assessment for this facility. One would also think the insurers would not be so silly.

I also find it difficult ot believe that part of the gang could be so stupid as to be caught trying to deposit some money in a building society! My view is either they are or it is a cleverly constructed decoy.

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