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New details about $20 million Toronto airport gold heist revealed in Brink's suit vs. Air Canada

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Adrian Humphreys
National Post, Toronto
Tuesday, October 10, 2023

The shock Toronto airport heist of $20 million in gold bars -- weighing 400.19 kilograms -- along with US$2 million in cash was as easy as walking into Air Canada's cargo facility, showing a false waybill, and leaving with the enormous haul, according to a lawsuit filed in court.

It was gone 42 minutes after it was unloaded from a plane arriving from Switzerland and transferred to a supposedly secure warehouse on the periphery of Toronto's Pearson airport, according to the statement of claim.

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The theft, one of the largest in Canadian history, remains unsolved by police. Brink's, a secure transport company, is now suing Air Canada over the lost loads.

The lawsuit paints the clearest picture yet of how April’s airport gold heist was allegedly pulled off after months of institutional silence from police, the airline, and others involved in the theft that made headlines around the world.

In a statement of claim filed in Federal Court and first reported by Glen McGregor on Substack, Brink's says the shipment of gold and cash was delivered to Air Canada in Zurich, a Swiss financial centre, and loaded aboard Air Canada Flight AC881, a daily passenger and cargo flight to Toronto, on April 17.

Brink's claims Air Canada provided woeful security despite knowing the high-value contents of the load. ...

... For the remainder of the report:

https://nationalpost.com/news/toronto/new-details-toronto-pearson-airport-gold-heist

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