Pink Panthers What do you know about the most famous and skilled robbery gangs in the world?

As soon as you hear the name of the "Pink Panther" gang, the first impression will turn you to the movie "Return of the Pink Panther." Perhaps this similarity is one of the reasons for the name of the gang, which was famous for stealing jewelry and diamonds in wealthy capitals.

For many years, the international police forces, Interpol and members of the security services have been pursuing members of the "Pink Panthers" gang, which committed many robberies of wealthy homes, shops, and jewelry and diamond stores, in several wealthy capitals around the world, such as Paris, Washington, Dubai and many others.

Despite the success in arresting some of the accused elements, many of them are still free, and they caught the world's attention in a horrifying way for the thefts they carried out in a few seconds, and showed criminal genius and wit that inspired many criminal networks and gangs around the world.

What is the story of the pink panthers?

Based on her tricks inspired by the famous movie "The Return of the Pink Panther" he has been dubbed the "Pink Panther" gang. It is one of the most famous gangs in the world specialized in stealing jewelry, diamonds, gold and cash safes, and its beginnings date back to 2003.

This gang includes hundreds of people and criminals of different nationalities, most of whom are from eastern European countries such as Serbia, Croatia and Yugoslavia, according to security reports.

Some of them work in modest jobs, such as cleaners, street vendors, shop workers, and others, and are often not subject to a specific leader or structure, and some of them may be related to something.

The operations of the Pink Panthers showed great criminal craftsmanship. Most of them enjoy physical fitness and are skilled in martial arts and martial arts, enabling them to steal in a few seconds to everyone's astonishment.

They also have great shrewdness in planning, monitoring the places surrounding their target and all expected security movements.

To combat and trap this gang, the International Police Interpol created a special unit called the "Pink Panther Project", which later managed to identify more than 300 attacks in about 35 countries around the world since 1999. More than 800 people are suspected of belonging to the Pink Panthers who were able to collect Surprisingly rich fortunes.

After intensive pursuits and numerous raids, local security services in several countries and international agencies were able to arrest some of the elements involved in thefts within the Pink Panthers group. But some of them managed to escape from prison successfully.

Security reports spoke in this context that one of the Pink Panthers managed to escape from a French prison in 2005 by sliding down a staircase, after the rest of the members killed the prison guard who was blocking his way to escape.

And later in 2013, the Swiss police also announced the escape of a member of the notorious gang, from its high-security prisons, by climbing walls and threatening the guards with weapons, with the help of a group of masked men.

The most famous thefts of the century

The first appearance of pink panthers was in 2003 in London, when jewelry worth £500,000 was stolen. The success of this operation motivated the gang members to repeat it again in London in 2005, when jewelry worth approximately one million pounds was stolen.

From London, to the Japanese capital, Tokyo, where the pink panthers robbed jewelry stores there, plundered about 3 million dollars, and that was one of the largest thefts in the history of Japan.

Since the Pink Panthers gang was among the criminal networks in the world that track wealthy capitals and carry out their largest operations, the destination on April 15, 2007 was to the UAE, specifically to a shopping center in Dubai that includes more than 30 jewelry stores, which were stripped in a few seconds. , equivalent to 11 million euros.

According to several reports, based on security investigations, three men dressed in dark clothes and masked, threatened with a pistol and hammer the workers of the jewelry stores, who bowed to the ground and gave way to them, fearing for their lives. While the thieves broke shop windows and took away jewelry, diamonds and necklaces and hid them in their clothes, then they left immediately. The so-called "stealing of the century" attack lasted only three minutes.

Investigations are still continuing today to arrest the accused, and the security and international agencies have actually succeeded in prosecuting and arresting some of them.

In 2013, the Pink Panthers carried out an attack on the Carlton Hotel in France, and managed to steal jewelry and diamonds worth $136 million.