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Following a spate of criminal-linked threads (shoplifting, assassins etc) maybe the PH crim-massive can offer some cunning ideas on how they would solve the problem of collecting a ransom in exchange for a kidnapee's freedom.
I'm thinking about physical collection; not transferring money electronically to Switzerland.
How do you collect your £1m of used banknotes, left somewhere in a holdall, if you don't want the rozzers to pick you up at the same time?
I'm thinking about physical collection; not transferring money electronically to Switzerland.
How do you collect your £1m of used banknotes, left somewhere in a holdall, if you don't want the rozzers to pick you up at the same time?
Ask for the money to be left in the top floor of a hotel, in the public passageway.
Dressed as a uniformed member of staff, set fire to the hotel from the ground floor.
Collect your winnings and meet the pre-arranged helicopter on the roof.
Helicopter drops you onto the roof of a busy multi-story above a shopping centre. You head from the roof to a level which the Police helicopter cannot see from the air, into your van, where you remove your disguise and head through the shopping centre to the nearest taxi rank.
Dressed as a uniformed member of staff, set fire to the hotel from the ground floor.
Collect your winnings and meet the pre-arranged helicopter on the roof.
Helicopter drops you onto the roof of a busy multi-story above a shopping centre. You head from the roof to a level which the Police helicopter cannot see from the air, into your van, where you remove your disguise and head through the shopping centre to the nearest taxi rank.
Have the ransom placed in a bin of your choosing.
Hire a courier type to pick up the bag and head into central London on powerful motorbike.
After a few minutes emerge from the tunnel you have dug under the bin holding ransom while rozzers chase identical bag containing torn up copies of the Guildford Enquirer.
Hire a courier type to pick up the bag and head into central London on powerful motorbike.
After a few minutes emerge from the tunnel you have dug under the bin holding ransom while rozzers chase identical bag containing torn up copies of the Guildford Enquirer.
Instructions for the drop off: Board the 9:15 from Basingstoke to London Waterloo carrying the money and this mobile phone.
When the train is out in the country near my predetermined location I will call the mobile and instruct the agent to throw the case holding the money out of the train. One of my henchmen will collect it.
When the train is out in the country near my predetermined location I will call the mobile and instruct the agent to throw the case holding the money out of the train. One of my henchmen will collect it.
If it was just £1million, I would firstly give them 10 alternative pick up destinations. They don't know which I would collect from.
I would then hire a courier service/pay a bloke from a pub to 'collect' one of the packages - to create some confusion while I collect one of the others.
I would specify the ransom drop off locations in a country with no extradition treaty with the UK (just in case).
I would then hire a courier service/pay a bloke from a pub to 'collect' one of the packages - to create some confusion while I collect one of the others.
I would specify the ransom drop off locations in a country with no extradition treaty with the UK (just in case).
Justayellowbadge said:
hornetrider said:
A few days previous to the "drop" get a council waste bin and secure it over a manhole cover. This is the drop point.
Linger in the sewers, after the drop is made, cunningly access the bin from below and escape through the sewers.
Simples.
Doubt it would work twice Linger in the sewers, after the drop is made, cunningly access the bin from below and escape through the sewers.
Simples.
10 Pence Short said:
Ask for the money to be left in the top floor of a hotel, in the public passageway.
Dressed as a uniformed member of staff, set fire to the hotel from the ground floor.
Collect your winnings and meet the pre-arranged helicopter on the roof.
Helicopter drops you onto the roof of a busy multi-story above a shopping centre. You head from the roof to a level which the Police helicopter cannot see from the air, into your van, where you remove your disguise and head through the shopping centre to the nearest taxi rank.
You seem to have put alot of thought into thatDressed as a uniformed member of staff, set fire to the hotel from the ground floor.
Collect your winnings and meet the pre-arranged helicopter on the roof.
Helicopter drops you onto the roof of a busy multi-story above a shopping centre. You head from the roof to a level which the Police helicopter cannot see from the air, into your van, where you remove your disguise and head through the shopping centre to the nearest taxi rank.
Edited by Silver940 on Tuesday 7th July 10:29
You could set up a large model rocket with a GPS tracker on board in a field in the middle of nowhere. The ransom would have to be in bearer bonds as the rocket probably wouldn't have room for £1m cash. The man with the bonds load them into the rocket, you watch via laptop webcam connected by 3g/gprs remotely to oversee everything. All the electronics gear would be purchased anonymously, 3g account would be fake.
The rocket is fired remotely and you estimate where it will land, GPS tracker guides you in.
You then scarper to another country and release hostage when safe.
This one I saw on 'the unit', You meet face to face with the man with the cash. Attached to you is a bungee cord that is attached to a rope and up to a large balloon floating high above, you take the cash and attach it to yourself. A medium sized aircraft then comes towards the balloon and scoops the suspended rope into a contraption in the wing. The aircraft climbs and as the slack rope winds away you are pulled into the air. A crewman on the plane then pulls you in. You then fly to a safe country.
The rocket is fired remotely and you estimate where it will land, GPS tracker guides you in.
You then scarper to another country and release hostage when safe.
This one I saw on 'the unit', You meet face to face with the man with the cash. Attached to you is a bungee cord that is attached to a rope and up to a large balloon floating high above, you take the cash and attach it to yourself. A medium sized aircraft then comes towards the balloon and scoops the suspended rope into a contraption in the wing. The aircraft climbs and as the slack rope winds away you are pulled into the air. A crewman on the plane then pulls you in. You then fly to a safe country.
Have it dropped off in a boat of your choosing, in a specific compartment. You have modified this compartment to be accessible from underneath the boat. Don your scuba gear, extract bag from boat, grab hold of your scuba scooter and exit the danger zone to a boat off in the distance.
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