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   From: trevjon@btinternet.com   
      
   "rich"  wrote in message   
   news:tVnMf.54766$K42.13617@newsfe7-win.ntli.net...   
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   >> 3) I heard an interview on BBC radio with a former senior cop. The BBC   
   >> guy said - in the form of a question, as usual - that the robbers would   
   >> have to be very careful if they wanted to do stuff like buy a car with a   
   >> bundle of notes. The former senior cop said nope, they're professionals,   
   >> they ain't going to do that - they'll launder it through e.g.   
   >> Liechtenstein instead, or via 'financial advisers' who are 'used to   
   >> taking large cash deposits'.   
   >   
   > Yes, "professionals" always do that just after leaving all the evidence in   
   > the car park!   
   >   
      
   As is often the case with big robberies of this nature, one gang is   
   "contracted" to do the Robbery itself, whilst another gang is   
   "sub-contracted" to clear up all the mess afterwards.  A fine example of   
   this is the Great Train Robbery, where a secondary gang were contracted to   
   clear away all the evidence from the farmhouse the "robbery gang" used as a   
   hideout.  They did an incredibly shoddy job (or, some reports suggest they   
   didn't even do the job, just took the money and ran), which, ultimately, led   
   to the arrest of the main gang.  The police found fingerprints on tea-cups,   
   eating utensils, furniture, and a monopoly game.  All these pieces of   
   crucial evidence should have been destroyed or cleaned, but weren't.   
      
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