Daring Capers

The International Foundation for Art Research tracks and recovers pilfered works of priceless art, including a rare Rembrant.

Legendary cat burglar Blane David Nordahl is a man of discriminating taste - he only steals fine silver from the homes of celebrities.

Fed up with his $7-an-hour job, a security guard at an armored car company makes off with $18.8 million- the largest heist in U.S. history.

Seven men rob the Lufthansa Air Cargo terminal at Kennedy Airport in an intricately choreographed crime that nets $8 million in cash, gems and gold.

A group of accomplished international thieves tunnel under the streets of Nice, France to steal $10 million in cash and jewels from an allegedly impregnable vault.

During WWII, a crafty German fighter pilot escapes not once, buy twice as he is being transported to prisoner-of-war camps.

Five men in tuxedos enter the lobby of Manhattan's lavish Pierre Hotel, handcuff nineteen guests and employees and make off with $10 million in gems and cash.

A gang of fifteen of England's greatest thieves stops the Royal mail train and make off with 120 bags of mail containing an estimated $5 million in untraceable bills.

A surfing champion turned cat burglar steals the famous "Star of India" sapphire from the American Museum of Natural History.

The notorious "Spiderman" burglar scales 30-story buildings in affluent Miami without ropes or hooks to steal a total of over $6 million in cash and jewels.

An unlikely gang of thieves cracks an impenetrable fortress to pull off the crime of the century. Disappearing with their millions, they confound police and capture the imagination of the entire country.

Canada's most famous gang of robbers set their sights South of the Border. They take millions from U.S. banks and lead police on a chase that lasts ten long years.

An Italian playboy commits the world's largest armed robbery, triggering a world-class game of cat-and-mouse.

In Germany, an elaborate bank robbery ends in a standoff with police. The lives of 15 hostages hang in the balance. But as investigators would quickly learn, nothing is, as it seems...

In WWII Germany, U.S. Army officers break through a castle wall to plunder a royal treasure. For the thieves, it was the dream of a lifetime. But to U.S. authorities, recovering the treasure was a matter of national honor.

Two British businessmen with ties to the crown are victimized by gem thieves in New York City. But as Scotland Yard and the NYPD would learn, nothing about this crime is what it seems...

A cunning jewel thief leads police on a chase that spans the globe and lasts a decade. Authorities all over the world seem powerless as they pursue a brilliant woman they come to know as "the Queen of Jewels".

A criminal conspiracy threatens to wipe out England's cultural heritage - one robbery at a time. Police struggle to catch an obsessed thief as artifacts worth millions disappear into London's underworld.

In the early 1960's, the Berlin wall separates families, friends, and lovers. For a young student from the west and his fiancé in the east, cold war politics become intensely personal.