Airport Apron Heists: lessons from Viracopos

摘要

Three years ago, a high value shipment of electronic devices was stolen from the cargo zone at Viracopos International Airport in Campinas, Brazil. Despite that incident, and several others like it at various other airports throughout South America, the security team at Viracopos reacted with surprise on the evening of Sunday 4 March 2018, when a criminal gang once again broke through the airside fence to steal US $5,000,000 (approx. GBP £3,578,700) in cash, which was destined to fly to Switzerland via Germany on board a Lufthansa cargo plane.