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  CONK! Encyclopedia: Category:Banks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
By the term bank is generally understood an institution that holds a banking license.
Banking licenses are granted by bank regulatory authorities and provides rights to conduct the most fundamental banking services such as accepting deposits and making loans.
Banks are a subset of the financial services industry.
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 BANK ROBBERY FACTS AND INFORMATION
Bank robbery is the crime of robbing a bank.
The most dangerous type of bank robbery is a takeover robbery in which several heavily armed (and armored) gang members threaten the lives of everyone present in the bank.
The first bank robbery in the United_States took place on March_19, 1831, and was committed by Edward Smith who stole $245,000 from the City Bank on Wall_Street in New_York_City.
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Jyske Bank Jyske Bank is the second-largest publicly-owned bank in Zurich.
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 Encyclopedia: List of famous bank robbers and robberies
This is a list of famous bank robberies, bank robbers and gangs involved in bank robberies.
Jaba (or Dzhaba) Ioseliani (July 10, 1926-March 4, 2003) was a Georgian politician, bank robber and leader of the paramilitary Mkhedrioni organisation.
Bank robbers Tupamaros, also known as the National Liberation Army, was an urban guerrilla organization in Uruguay in the 1960s and 1970s.
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 Norrmalmstorg robbery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
One of the hostages, Kristin Ehnemark (not present on the photo), said she was confident with the robbers but feared the police might cause trouble by violent methods (this was the beginning of the Stockholm syndrome).
The robber, Olofsson, called up the Prime Minister Olof Palme and said he would kill the hostages, and took a stranglehold on Elisabeth; she was heard screaming as he hung up.
The most widely publicized myth about the robbery, or rather about the Stockholm syndrome, was that one or both robbers became engaged to their captives.
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 Information on Bank robbery   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Bank robbery information can be found by searching the web.
Bank robbery is the Crime of Robbery a Bank.
Ever since the "glory days" of the great bank robberies during the 19th century, bank robberies have become ingrained into Culture of the United States.
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 Bank robbery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is usually accomplished by a solitary criminal who brandishes a firearm at a teller and demands money, either verbally or through a written note.
Due to modern security measures like security cameras, well-armed security guards, silent alarms, exploding dye packs, and SWAT teams, bank robberies are now rarely successful.
Today most organized crime groups tend to make their money by other means, such as drug trafficking, identity theft, or online scamming and phishing.
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 Banco Central burglary at Fortaleza - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Banco Central burglary at Fortaleza was a bank robbery of the Banco Central in Fortaleza, a city in northeastern Brazil.
The burglars managed to evade or disable the bank's internal alarms and sensors; the burglary remained undiscovered until the bank opened for business on the morning of Monday, August 8.
The Banco Central is a national banking institution charged with control of the money supply, and the cash in its vaults was due to be examined for its suitability for recirculation or destruction.
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 Encyclopedia: Bank robbery
Robbery is the virtue of seizing ones clothing through violence or intimidation.
The essential function of a bank is to provide services related to the storing of deposits and the extending of credit.
Robbery This is a list of famous bank robberies, bank robbers and gangs involved in bank robberies.
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 Bank robbery -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Bank robbery is the ((criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act) crime of (Click link for more info and facts about robbing) robbing a (A supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies)) bank.
It is usually accomplished by a solitary criminal who brandishes a (A portable gun) firearm at a teller and demands money, either orally or through a written note.
Ever since the "glory days" of the great bank robberies during the 19th century, bank robberies have become engrained into (Click link for more info and facts about American popular culture) American popular culture.
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 Talk:List of famous bank robbers and robberies - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A table of the largest robberies in descending order would be nice.
and a seperation of robbers and robberies --User:B0sh
I cannot find any information on Google about a $900 million robbery in Iraq, a link would be nice.
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 Federal Bureau of Investigation - FBI History - Famous Cases
Since the robbery had taken place between approximately 7:10 and 7:27 p.m., it was quite probable that a gang - as well drilled as the Brink's robbers obviously were - would have arranged to rendezvous at a specific time.
When the robbers decided that they needed a truck, it was resolved that a new one must be stolen because a used truck might have distinguishing marks and possibly would not be in perfect running condition.
Before the robbery was committed, the participants had agreed that if anyone "muffed," he would be "taken care of." O'Keefe felt that most of the gang members had "muffed." Talking to the FBI was his way of "taking care of" them all.
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 CBS News | Wanted: Notorious Bank Robbers | July 27, 2001 17:24:38   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The James’ joined the Younger brothers and made their name robbing banks — often audaciously, as when on his way out of town, Jesse stopped at a political rally and warned the crowd that something might be happening at the bank.
A bank robbery and prison escape later, Nelson got together with the Dillinger mob, where he tried to outdo its leader in ruthlessness.
There is no record of how many bank robberies Wilcoxson pulled, but he reached his limit when Curry, having surrendered to the police, identified him as one of his partners in crime.
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 Read about Bank robbery at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Bank robbery and learn about Bank robbery here!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
It is usually accomplished by a solitary criminal who brandishes a firearm at a teller and demands money, either orally or through a written note.
SWAT teams, bank robberies are now rarely successful.
Ever since the "glory days" of the great bank robberies during the 19th century, bank robberies have become engrained into American popular culture.
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financial institution that provides banking and other financial services.
Banking licenses are granted by financial supervision authorities and provides rights to conduct the most fundamental banking services such as accepting deposits and making loans.
There are also financial institutions that provide certain banking services without meeting the legal definition of a bank, a so called non-bank.
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 Free Banking & Monetary Freedom
BANK FAILURES: Those, who are all too readily and undiscriminately- prepared to accuse past and present banks of bank failures, have -usually not distinguished e.g.
For instance, by starting a list for those who wanted to withdraw their money, in which those on the top of the list would have the top claim to monies received in payment of debts to the bank.
If, after a robbery has occurred and the robbers got away, any strangers or locals were suddenly to spend large amounts of the stolen local currency, even if the numbers of the stolen notes were not known, they would immediately become suspects.
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 Federal Bureau of Investigation - FBI History - Famous Cases
Police of a number of states were seeking them for everything from robbery to murder, and the FBI had assembled a special squad to search for them as violators of the National Stolen Property Act, the National Motor Vehicle Theft Act, and later for bank robbery.
Prior to this robbery, the gang, around the first of April, made a trip to Chicago for the purpose of obtaining a machine gun which they had heard could be obtained at a sporting goods store there.
Shortly after the robbery of the bank of Farmland, they decided to get rid of the Chevrolet they had stolen at the time of their escape from the county jail at Greenfield, Indiana, and on May 11, 1937, they drove from Baltimore to Bellefontaine, Ohio, with this purpose in mind.
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Bulge bracket is a finance term referring to the first group listed on the 'tombstone'.
That is, the group of firms in an underwriting syndicate (a group of investment banks) who are responsible for selling the largest amounts of the stock to investors.
The Union Banking Corporation (UBC) was a banking corporation in the United States(US) which was seized, under the Trading with the Enemy Act, during World War II in October 1942.
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 Belfast's Northern Bank Robbery - The Crime library
The gang of robbers cleared out as much cash as they could, including currency in the form of euros, U.S. dollars and Northern Bank notes, before loading it into an awaiting white van.
It had been almost six hours since the bank had been plundered and the robbers were long gone.
The money was suspected to have been that stolen during the Northern Bank robbery, although police could not confirm it at the time.
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 DVDFILE.COM:DILLINGER review   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
John Dillinger is one of the most famous bank robbers in United States history.
Dillinger tells the story of Dillinger's most famous period in which he led his gang on a series of successful bank robberies and romanced a girl.
Dillinger is essentially an emulation of John Ford's style (which writer/director John Milius has readily admitted), with a little Howard Hawks thrown in for good measure.
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 George "Machine Gun" Kelly: Bank Robbing and Kidnapping Desperado
After the robbery the bank’s chief teller would say of Kelly, “He was the kind of guy that, if you looked at him, you would never thought he was a bank robber.”
Bruce Barnes claims Kelly “felt superior” to the bank robbers he befriended in Leavenworth, but “recognized their accomplishments.” When Kelly left his bootlegging career behind to pursue robbing banks, Barnes tells us, “It wasn’t only the money that appealed to him.
The picture of himself going into a bank, holding a gun and knowing that he had power over those he was robbing appealed to him.
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 Amazon.ca: Books: Where the Money Was: the Memoirs of a Bank Robber   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
“Willie holds the undisputed title as the world’s most endearing bank robber.
The targets in the first instance were banks and in the second, prisons.
Unarguably America’s most famous bank robber, Willie never injured a soul, but took on almost a hundred banks and departed three of America’s most...
www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0767916328   (242 words)

  
 Bonnie and Clyde (1967)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Loosely based on a true story of the two famous bank robbers by the same names, Bonnie and Clyde is set in the 1930's during the Great Depression and is decidedly anti-authority with its glamorized thieves turned murderers who captivate a nation and confound law enforcement officials for several years before finally being subdued.
Bonnie and Clyde makes robbery and violence somewhat of a joke, which is a theme that occurs more commonly in later movies such as M*A*S*H (1970), but Stanley Kubrick's 1964 war parody, Dr.
The extras used in the bank robberies even included a few people who remembered the Barrow Gang and their escapades.
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 John Dillinger - All About All   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
John Dillinger (June 22, 1903 – July 22, 1934) was an American bank robber, considered by some to be a notorious and dangerous criminal, while others considered him a Robin Hood-like hero.
His gang sprang him, killing the jail sheriff Jessie Sarber, but he was captured again by the end of the year in Tucson, Arizona, and sent back to prison in Crown Point, Indiana.
During this time on trial, the famous photograph was taken of Dillinger putting his arm on prosecutor Robert Estill's shoulder when suggested to him by reporters.
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 Dalton Brothers --  Encyclopædia Britannica
four train and bank robbers famous in U.S. Western history: Grattan (“Grat”; 1861–92), William (“Bill”; 1863–94), Robert (“Bob”; 1870–92), and Emmett (1871–1937).
Horse thieves, cattle rustlers, bank robbers, train and stagecoach robbers, highwaymen, murderers—these were but some of the criminals who infested the American frontier during the 19th century.
The largest and most famous circus in the United States was founded by five brothers.
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 Butch Cassidy, Matt Warner, and Other Outlaws - Castle Country
Butch Cassidy and Matt Warner are just two in the long list of famous outlaws who found their home in Castle Country during the days of the "Wild West." In the late 1800s the "dirty dozen" and Cassidy's "wild bunch" made their homes in the plateaus of southeastern Utah and along the famous Green River.
Butch Cassidy was the mastermind behind the Castle Gate Payroll Robbery, the most daring robbery of all time.
They hid at a place called "Robbers Roost" east Hanksville and later on the Green River.
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 BankGuys: bank robbery in Western Pennsylvania and WV   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Subjects fled in a stolen vehicle.  Robber #1: B/M, 5'8"-5'9", thin to medium build, 20's, dark floppy cap, dark coat, white service type uniform, silver pistol.  Robber #2: B/M, 5'9", medium build, dark knit cap, long shoulder length wig, dark coat, silver pistol.
Note, weapon presented: Lone W/M entered bank and placed gun and note on counter.  W/M, 5'7", average build, fisherman style hat, sunglasses, bandage on chin, tan waist length jacket, dark pants, fl pistol.
Demand Note, weapon presented: Lone W/M entered bank and presented demand note and butt of handgun.  W/M, 20's, 5'6"-5'8", medium build, dark cap, camo bandana over lower face, light colored coat, fl plastic trash bag.
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