On the morning of June 27, 1995, a white Volkswagen van pulled up to the Commerzbank branch in the Berlin suburb of Zehlendorf.

Four men in masks and black tracksuits ran out of the bus. They tied up seven bank employees and nine visitors. One of the criminals called the bank director and demanded to contact the police.

It happened in England in 2015. “Hatton Garden Safe Deposit Ltd” was a very respectable and reliable company, operating for a century. It rented safe deposit boxes for storing gold, jewelry, precious stones and other valuables. Its vault was located at 88-90 Hatton Garden and was considered impregnable. Until one day, over the Easter “long weekend” of 2015, a gang of old men proved otherwise. The gang consisted of 8 members and all of them were already involved in crime in one way or another.

One of the kings of the American underworld in the 1920s, Dutch Schultz was known for both fabulous wealth and monstrous avarice. Arthur Flegenheimer, nicknamed Dutch Schultz, was one of the most avaricious and cold-blooded gangsters of the Prohibition era. He commanded respect or sympathy from almost no one, including “his” men. Schultz was so stingy that he paid his cronies as little as circumstances allowed, and could fly into a murderous rage when someone asked for a raise.

Cleopatra was an important historical figure who ruled Egypt as its last pharaoh. She was born in 69 BCE and became queen at the young age of 18. Cleopatra was known for her intelligence, beauty, and strong leadership skills.