24 Hours before the start of hostilities on March, 2003, Saddam Hussein made a withdrawal from the Central Bank of Iraq of $1 Billion. Only it wasn't his, it belonged to the nation of Iraq, making it the biggest bank job in history.
US troops recovered $650 million hidden in a palace in Baghdad, but the remaining money has not yet been recovered. The general manager of the al-Rafidain Bank later claimed that professional robbers took advantage of the chaos brought on by the war to rob his bank of a further $250 million.
Ten Greatest Robberies of all Time.
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