Dar Es Salaam Bank Robbery – Baghdad, Iraq ($282 million)

Three guards at a bank in Baghdad made the biggest heist of the decade on 11th July 2007. The robbery took place at the Dar Es Salaam bank which is a

private financial institution in the Sa’adun district in central Baghdad. They successfully took away $282 million. The stolen money was in American dollars and not Iraqi dinars. According to an unofficial report, the robbers also took away some $150,000 worth of Iraqi currency. No one is caught till date.

Dar Es Salaam Bank Robbery, Iraq