Name: 德國驚現百萬歐元銀行金庫竊案！DW News (Millions of euros stolen in elaborate bank vault heist in Germany | DW News)
Uploaded: 2025-12-31T17:06:31.000Z
Duration: 7 min 24 s

Now it's being described as one of the biggest heists in German history.

這起事件現在被形容為德國歷史上最重大的搶案之一。

Investigators are now trying to work out how thieves managed to steal valuables worth tens of millions of euros from a bank in the western city of Gelsenkirchen.

調查人員正試圖釐清竊賊如何從西部城市蓋爾森基興的一家銀行竊取數千萬歐元的貴重物品。

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Police believe a large drill was used to break through a thick basement wall to reach their loot.

警方認為竊賊使用了一臺大型鑽孔機，鑽破了厚實的地下室牆壁，以取得贓物。

Hundreds of furious customers descend on their bank, terrified that everything they own has vanish.

數百名憤怒的客戶湧向他們的銀行，驚恐萬分，因為他們所擁有的一切都消失了。

I have entrusted and invested all my savings here.

我把所有的積蓄都委託並投資在這裡了。

Emergency services discovered the break in on Monday morning after the fire alarm went off.

週一早上，消防警報響起後，緊急服務人員才發現了這起闖入事件。

Firefighters and police officers searched the bank for a possible fire.

消防隊員和警員進入銀行搜尋可能的火災。

But instead of flames, they found a hole in the basement wall and a ransacked vault containing cash, gold and jewelry worth tens of millions of euros.

但他們沒有發現火焰，反而發現了地下室牆壁上的破洞，以及一個被搜刮一空的金庫，裡面有價值數千萬歐元的現金、黃金和珠寶。

If someone had a safety deposit box, there's a high probability that it was broken into because 90% of them have.

如果有人有保險箱，有很大的機率也被撬開了，因為有九成的保險箱都遭殃了。

Some victims fear their losses may exceed the insured value of their boxes.

有些受害者擔心他們的損失可能會超過保險箱的保險價值。

My grandmother's gold bracelets, which I hoped would secure my daughter's future.

我奶奶的金手鐲，我原本希望這能確保我女兒的未來。

Investigators are still piecing together how it all happened, but

調查人員仍在拼湊整起事件的經過，但

they believe the burglars used a nearby parking garage to gain access to the bank.

他們認為竊賊是利用附近的停車場潛入銀行。

Police say the evidence points to a highly organized operation.

警方表示，證據顯示這是一場高度組織化的行動。

I would definitely say this is quite spectacular.

我絕對會說，這場搶案真是太驚人了。

It is really unique compared to anything I've ever seen, heard or read.

這真的跟任何我看過、聽過或讀過的都不一樣，非常獨特。

I have never heard of any similar case, except perhaps on tv.

我從來沒聽過有類似的案件，除非是在電視上看過。

No arrests have been made and perpetrators are still at large.

目前還沒有逮捕任何人，嫌犯仍在逃。

For more on this, we can speak now with Michael Levy.

關於這件事的更多細節，我們現在可以請教 Michael Levy。

He's a professor of criminology at Cardiff University in the uk.

他是英國卡迪夫大學的犯罪學教授。

Michael, we're going to show you some screen image, some images on our screen screen right now taken in the aftermath of this heist.

Michael，我們要給你看一些畫面，一些現在螢幕上顯示的畫面，這是這場搶案發生後的影像。

Talk us through these pictures and what we can learn about how thieves pulled off this heist.

請跟我們談談這些照片，以及我們可以從中學到什麼關於竊賊是如何完成這場搶案的。

Well, one presumes that they had some level of inside information, otherwise it would have been difficult for them to work out what was alarmed and what wasn't.

嗯，我們可以推測他們可能掌握了一些內部消息，否則要弄清楚哪些地方有警報、哪些沒有，會非常困難。

What would be the best technique of gaining access and then maybe some previous video footage from the street or from inside the bank that people will be combing through to see how they did it.

什麼是最好的潛入技術，然後也許從街上或銀行內部取得一些之前的影片，大家會仔細查看，看看他們是怎麼做到的。

But of course, long weekends, as in, for example, the Hatton Garden, London safe deposit robbery of some years ago, you know, are not that uncommon a thing.

但當然，長週末，就像幾年前倫敦哈頓花園的保險箱搶案一樣，你知道的，這種事並不少見。

They may be uncommon for the sparkgasser in this particular location, but they're not that uncommon.

這些地方可能不常發生這種事，但這類事件其實不算少見。

And people usually learn as a Result of deconstructing how it was done on this particular occasion to look out for the signs more carefully and to have some extra surveillance and long weekends.

人們通常會從分析這次的犯案手法中學習，更仔細地留意跡象，並加強監控，尤其是在長週末。

But it's a holiday season and one may presume that there was less vigilance than they would otherwise be.

但這是假期，大家可能會鬆懈戒心，不像平常那麼警惕。

Investigators, of course, are going to be looking very closely at that scene that we just saw there at the bank.

調查人員當然會仔細檢視我們剛才看到的銀行現場。

What do you think their main line of inquiry will be now for them?

你認為他們接下來的主要調查方向會是什麼？

Well, they'll be looking for dissatisfied employees or ex employees or contractors who may have installed security at one time or another.

嗯，他們會尋找那些心懷不滿的現任或前任員工，或是曾經安裝過安全系統的承包商。

There are questions about, well, why didn't the alarm go off earlier if it didn't?

問題是，如果警報沒有提早響起，那又是為什麼呢？

We know that the attention of people looking at security at times like this is sometimes a little bit distracted, so they'll be investigating that.

我們知道，這種時候，負責安全的人員有時注意力會有點分散，所以他們會調查這一點。

But as far as looking for the offenders goes, so they'll be looking for past and present staff, not just of the bank itself, but

至於尋找犯人方面，他們會尋找銀行本身，以及其他相關的現任和前任員工，不只是銀行內部。

of security firms, which is one of the usual sources of information leakage.

像是保全公司，這也是資訊外洩的常見來源之一。

Now, there have been many for the background.

現在，已經有很多背景調查了。

I was just going to ask you about how this fits in compared to other heists of a similar nature.

我本來就要問你，跟其他類似的搶案比起來，這個案子算是怎麼樣？

There have been many spectacular bank heists throughout history, of course.

當然，歷史上有過許多驚人的銀行搶案。

How would you rank this one in comparison to others that you've looked at?

你會怎麼評價這個案子，跟你看過的那些比起來？

Well, it's at the large end of the scale.

嗯，這個案子算是規模比較大的。

Normally when we only get a robbery, the, you know, the proceeds are less.

通常我們只遇到搶案時，所得的金額會比較少。

This estimate of 30 million is based on the insurance levels, which is what the bank may be responsible for or its insurers may be responsible for.

這三千萬的估計是根據保險額度來的，也就是銀行可能要負責或其保險公司要負責的部分。

But actually, people may be storing a lot more valuables than are covered by the 10,000 insurance limit because there might be proceeds of other crimes, including tax evasion, that people are hiding the proceeds of.

但實際上，人們可能存放的貴重物品遠超過一萬歐元的保險上限，因為可能還有其他犯罪所得，包括逃稅，人們正躲藏這些所得。

And in a sense, every organization faced with this kind of thing has to think not just of their own experiences, but

而且在某種程度上，每個面臨這種情況的組織都必須考慮的不僅是自己的經驗，

And of course, in practice, people think, yeah, is this at the high end for Germany and how rare is this for Germany?

當然，實際上，人們會想，這在德國算不算規模大的？在德國有多罕見？

The answer is it's rare, but it's a predictable sort of effect.

答案是，它很罕見，但這是一種可預見的結果。

And everybody, you know, from a criminological point of view, we need to think about why does this not happen more often?

而且，從犯罪學的角度來看，我們都需要思考為什麼這種情況沒有更常發生？

Michael Levy, professor of criminology at Cardiff University in the uk.

卡迪夫大學犯罪學教授 Michael Levy。