Ripe for the Picking: The Inside Story of the Northern Bank Robbery.
Author: MOORE, Chris.
Dublin: Gill & Macmillan, 2006. 233 pages. Illustrated. Paperback.
Ripe for the Picking is the exclusive inside story of the biggest ever bank raid in Ireland. Chris Moore tells how the police believe the IRA pulled off a coup that landed them with as much trouble as money, completely derailed the fragile Peace Process and shattered the credibility of Sinn Fein.
Chris Moore shows how the Australian owners of the Northern Bank compromised security in order to cut costs. Simple but effective security routines were discontinued. Shortcuts were taken with safeguards intended to obstruct criminal threats. The combined result left the bank vulnerable to the kind of heist that actually took place. It was all there for the taking.
Of course, nobody knew that the pickings were going to be so rich. The fall-out from, and consequences of this extraordinary bank raid were volcanic and the details are scandalous.
ISBN: 0717140016
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