What Ever Happened to the 'Mission Impossible' Rare-Book Thieves?

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The thieves stole books written by Isaac Newton, Leonardo da Vinci, Nicolaus Copernicus and Galileo Galilei.
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▼ Three thieves who stole 160 rare books more than a year ago by rappelling down the skylight of a warehouse in London continue to evade police, leaving a series of mysteries in their wake.
Sometime between Jan. 29 and Jan. 30, 2017, the three thieves bored holesinto the warehouse's skylight and rappelled down about 40 feet (12 meters), evading motion-sensor alarms. The books they stole included volumes written by Isaac Newton, Leonardo  da Vinci, Nicolaus Copernicus and Galileo Galilei. Experts estimated the total value of the 160 books at around $2.5 million, the  Guardian reported.
At the time, media outlets around the world dubbed the three individuals the " Mission  Impossible" thieves, named after the movie franchise whose main character, Ethan Hunt (played by Tom Cruise), uses the same technique to get inside buildings.
More than a year after the theft took place, Live Science talked with a number of experts to see if any of the "Mission Impossible" thieves had slipped up and revealed their identities, or if the books had reappeared.
The thieves (like the movie character), it seems, have done a good job of concealing their identities and the location of the stolen books, leaving nothing but a series of mysteries in their wake.
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Buddha480

Shades of the incredible diamond heist in Antwerp - some of the perpetrators were caught but bulk of the loot is still missing.

jitukawade

Shame. Hope it was preserve in digital format

divey

I think they are some sort of collectors more like Bruce Wayne than Ethan Hunt

soothsayer

I think as the article says that the stealth was organised by other book collector(s). this is how these have eluded the market place

Injohny

jitukawade 30-5-2018 11:35 PM
Shame. Hope it was preserve in digital format

Digital copies or newer editions for the stolen books are already there. Collector are typically looking for special editions of the books like first edition, or some book which is out of print now.

wangwilly

I wonder why the warehouse doesn't have any CCTV in this modern days?