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Rarely is there a heist that’s so expertly executed that it feels like the stuff of cinema.
But, in mid-October 2012, such a heist played out at the Kunsthal museum in Rotterdam, when a team of Romanian criminals broke in and made off with art worth millions.
The mastermind behind the heist was 28-year-old Radu Dogaru, who, along with his small crew, had moved to the Netherlands in search of greener pastures.
When that didn’t really work out financially, they started robbing private residences, until Dogaru spotted a poster advertising the museum.
In true
Ocean’s Eleven style, they spent a few days casing the joint, and picking out the paintings they would like to take home.