{"product_id":"the-brinks-mat-legacy-britains-biggest-gold-heist-a-fortune-that-vanished-a-curse-that-never-lifted-9781919203393","title":"The Brink's-Mat Legacy: Britain's biggest gold heist. A fortune that vanished. A curse that never lifted.","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): T. K. Gannon\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Gold Key Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Gold Key Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Organized Crime\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the morning of \u003cstrong\u003e26 November 1983\u003c\/strong\u003e, six armed men stormed the Brink's-Mat depot at Heathrow. They expected to find cash. Instead, they uncovered nearly \u003cstrong\u003ethree tonnes of gold bullion\u003c\/strong\u003e - Britain's biggest heist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat followed was more than a robbery. It became a decades-long saga of \u003cstrong\u003eorganised crime in London\u003c\/strong\u003e, smelting, laundering, betrayal and murder. The press called it the \u003cstrong\u003e\"curse of Brink's-Mat\"\u003c\/strong\u003e as associates and launderers met violent ends.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Brink's-Mat Legacy\u003c\/strong\u003e traces the gold's journey from Heathrow to the furnaces of Hatton Garden, through timeshare frauds, drug cartels and international money laundering. Along the way, it examines the careers of figures such as \u003cstrong\u003eKenneth Noye\u003c\/strong\u003e, John \"Goldfinger\" Palmer, and others who shaped Britain's criminal underworld.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAccessible, factual and gripping, this book sets the Brink's-Mat robbery alongside the \u003cstrong\u003eGreat Train Robbery\u003c\/strong\u003e and other famous heists, showing how a single crime changed British policing, law, and organised crime forever.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46318302265495,"sku":"9781919203393","price":710.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781919203393.webp?v=1768681169","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-brinks-mat-legacy-britains-biggest-gold-heist-a-fortune-that-vanished-a-curse-that-never-lifted-9781919203393","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}