Air France robbery

The Air France robbery was a major robbery that took place in April 1967, when associates of the Lucchese crime family stole $420,000 ($2.93 million in 2023[1]) from the Air France cargo terminal at New York City's JFK International Airport. While there were many cargo thefts at JFK airport in 1967,[2] this was the largest cash robbery that had taken place at the time. It was carried out by Henry Hill, Robert McMahon, Tommy DeSimone and Montague Montemurro, on a tip-off from McMahon. Hill believed it was the Air France robbery that endeared him to the Mafia.[3]

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  2. ^ William E. Burrows (October 27, 1967). "Crime at Kennedy Costing Millions" (PDF). The New York Times. New York. p. 38. Retrieved November 19, 2009.
  3. ^ Pileggi, Nicholas (1986). Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-671-44734-3.