$8 Million Airport Heist That Inspired Goodfellas | Daring Capers Marathon

Seven men hatch an almost perfect plan to rob the Lufthansa Air Cargo terminal at Kennedy Airport. With their hands on floor plans, employee details and crime links to mob families, the plan was underway. In an intricately choreographed crime, the robbers ran off with $8 million in cash, gems and gold. The FBI investigate the crime they believe was an inside job.

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