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London, Easter weekend, 2015. As the city emptied for the holiday, the streets
of Hatton Garden—London’s historic jewelry quarter—fell quiet. The shops
closed their doors, their owners and staff departing for a well-deserved break.
But beneath the surface of this apparent tranquility, an audacious plan was
about to unfold—one that would shock the nation and go down in history as
the largest burglary in English legal history.
In the heart of this district stood an unassuming building housing the Hatton
Garden Safe Deposit Ltd., a facility trusted by hundreds of jewelers, dealers,
and private individuals to protect their most valuable possessions. Its underground vault, reinforced with concrete walls 50 centimeters thick, was considered
impenetrable. The facility boasted state-of-the-art security systems, including sophisticated alarms directly linked to police headquarters.