$39 Million Stolen in N. Ireland Bank Heist
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BELFAST, Dec. 21 -- Thieves took hostage the families of two top bankers and forced the officials to help them steal more than $39 million from the vaults of a Belfast bank&#39;s main office, authorities said Tuesday.
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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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National Australia Bank Ltd., the nation&#39;s largest lender, will bear any losses arising from the theft of about 20 million pounds ($38.5 million) from its Northern Bank unit in Northern Ireland.
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The Australian owner of the Northern Bank today announced it will have to bear the cost - at least Â£27 million and possibly up to Â£40 million - of the world&#39;s biggest peacetime bank robbery.
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A spectacular bank robbery in Belfast last month, in which thieves netted nearly $50 million, has cast a pall on Northern Ireland peace negotiations and thrown Catholic-Protestant political relations in ...
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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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AS MUCH as Â£30 million was believed missing today after a gang raided the headquarters of the Northern Bank in Belfast, in what is believed to be the biggest bank heist in Northern Ireland history.
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The Australian owners of a Northern Ireland bank that was robbed of a staggering 20 million pounds (28.9 million euros, 38.6 million dollars) said it would bear the burden of the loss.
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THE IRA may be planning a retirement fund for its fighters using the proceeds of last week&#39;s robbery of an Australian-owned bank in Belfast, security sources say.
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A still-unpublished report into the raid of a Belfast bank firmly pins the Irish Republican Army to the record-setting theft, Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern told lawmakers Tuesday.
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IT took thieves 2Â½ hours to haul the sackloads of banknotes from the vault to a semi-trailer parked behind the Northern Bank&#39;s Belfast headquarters.
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Police in the North have confirmed that a total of Â£22m was taken in the raid on the Northern Bank in Belfast on Monday. However, the gang may find it extremely difficult to dispose of the proceeds of the
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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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Police in Northern Ireland investigating this week&#39;s $50 million bank robbery have searched the properties of several IRA members.
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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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The Australian bank which owns the Irish bank targeted this week in the largest cash theft in British history has insured the year ends on a bad note after announcing it was covered by âself-insuranceâ.
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BELFAST, Northern Ireland - The Irish Republican Army denied involvement Thursday in this week&#39;s massive robbery of the Northern Bank in Belfast.