1. The Banco Central burglary
They disguised as landscapers and dug a tunnel to the vault.
Stolen: $71.6 million
Guinness Book of World Records recorded the 2005 Banco Central burglary in Fortaleza, Brazil as the world’s greatest bank robbery.
25 gang members, set up a fake landscaping business. They used three months to dig a 256-foot tunnel leading through the floor of the bank’s vault.
They stole several containers holding up to 160 million Brazilian real (worth $71.6 million in 2005). Just eight people got arrested, and only 20 million was recovered.