Millennium Dome Diamond Heist – England ($267.72 million)

Police foiled the attempted theft of $267.7 million worth of diamonds on display at the tourist attraction in south London’s Millennium Dome. The robbers had planned to make their way to the display via a JCB digger. They

had planned their escape up the river Thames on a speedboat. Five men were caught and received between 5 and 18-year sentences. One member of the gang had visited the dome prior to the thievery with a video camera, unaware that undercover police was also filming him. Police replaced the diamonds with fake crystals one day prior to the robbery and foiled the robbery on the 7th November 2000. The police operation to catch the robbers was codenamed “Operation Magician”.

Millennium Dome Diamond Heist, England