Bad Ass Helicopter Robbery

Those so called integrated Serbians in Sweden that Serbs like to brag about.

According to Expressen, it is possible that Yugoslav gangsters in a constellation often called the “Pink Panther League” are behind the robbery of the safe deposit box in Västberga. Previously, the same group is said to have committed spectacular robberies in Monaco, Tokyo, Paris, Dubai and Liechtenstein, among others.

The gang has made a name for itself for spectacular gemstone and jewel thefts and robberies as well as some serious robberies to raise money and got their name after a high-profile jewel theft in Mayfair, London.

The gang made its name in 1993 after stealing a £500,000 diamond from a jewelers in London's Mayfair and hiding it in a jar of face cream, copying a tactic used in the 1963 Pink Panther film, casting Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau, and earning the group its nickname.

The sophisticated members – all are said to speak several languages ​​and travel on genuine passports issued to other people – have since carried out around 120 heists across the globe, including further thefts in London, as well as in Paris, Dubai, Geneva, Monaco and Tokyo.

Last year a court in Chambéry, south-eastern France, found three Serb members of the Pink Panthers guilty of robberies in Biarritz, Cannes, Courchevel and Saint-Tropez.

Boban Stojkovic, 35, and Goran Drazic, 35, were respectively handed down six-year and ten-year sentences.

The gang's mastermind, Dragan Mikic, 33, who could be among the three alleged members captured on Saturday, was sentenced in absentia to 15 years.

Mikic, who is said to carry a .375 Magnum hand gun at all times, has been on the run since escaping via a ladder from a French prison in 2005, as accomplices peppered the compound’s watch tower with machinegun fire.

The Pink Panthers’ attention to detail led one criminologist describing their work as “artistry”.

In this context, Dubai is particularly interesting as G4S dominates the security and protection industry in the small emirate. G4S is also the company that managed the safe deposit box in Västberga. It is often necessary to have an insider in order for such spectacular robberies as the Västberga robbery to be carried out.

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