Daring Capers

The International Foundation for Art Research recovers pilfered works of priceless art.

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.

even 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, but twice as he is being transported to prisoner-of-war camps.

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.

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 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.