'Professional gang' behind raid
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The robbery of Â£22m from a Belfast bank was carefully planned by professional criminals, say police.
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BAGHDAD -- US-led strike forces seized suspected Shi'ite death squad bosses yesterday in raids that tested the fragile bonds between the government and a powerful militia faction allowing the Baghdad security crackdown to move ahead.
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A gang held the families of two Northern Ireland bank officials hostage for 24 hours before stealing about 20 million pounds (&#36;39 million) in one of Britain's biggest robberies, police said on Tuesday.
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The massive bank robbery in Northern Ireland may have been carried out by paramilitary group the Irish Republican Army (IRA) to provide a &quot;pension fund&quot; for activists ahead of its dissolution.
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The same employees and IT workers who handle and protect sensitive business information may be being trained and recruited by organized criminals to steal it.
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AN armed gang made up of former terrorists stole up to Â£40million in one of the country&#39;s biggest ever bank raids. Two managers were taken at gunpoint from their homes and forced to open the vaults of the Northern Bank in Belfast.
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Tracking down the gang behind the theft of 22 million pounds from a bank in Belfast will be tough given the professional nature of the crime, police say.
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Â· Stylish appearance and air of affluence fooled staff  Â· Armed raiders take rings, necklaces and diamonds
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Police have raided properties in two Irish Republican Army strongholds of Belfast in search of the Â£22 million ($42.5m) stolen this week from a bank&#39;s underground vault.
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An English drugs traffiking gang is thought to be behind a cocaine haul seized by police off the Irish coast.
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BELFAST - Police have confirmed that more than Â£22 million ($60 million) was stolen from the National Australia Bank-owned Northern Bank in Belfast and that they are investigating the possibility the theft was carried out by paramilitaries.
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Police hunting the raiders who stole an estimated Â£27million from a Belfast bank are convinced they had inside help - and possibly backing from one of Northern Ireland&#39;s terrorist groups.
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A massive bank robbery in Northern Ireland last week might have been carried out by paramilitary group the IRA as a way of providing a "pension fund" for activists ahead of its dissolution.
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Detectives hunting the gang behind Britain&#39;s biggest bank robbery were today investigating potentially embarrassing reports that police were alerted to the raid while it was still in progress.
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BELFAST -- In one of the world's biggest robberies, thieves took the families of two top bankers hostage and forced the bosses to help them steal more than $39 million from the vaults of a Belfast bank's main office, authorities said yesterday.
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Police were told about men acting suspiciously outside the Northern Bank in Belfast during the robbery in which a gang got away with Â£22m (â¬31.4m), it was revealed today.
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Police on both sides of the Irish border are looking for a gang though to be behind a spate of car thefts