Air France Shipment of Gold 44 Kilos Short
Inside job suspected
A shipment of gold on an Air France flight from Paris to Zurich last week arrived 44 kilos lighter than when it was registered at Charles de Gaulle airport, TV stations TF1 and LCI reported Tuesday.
The gold bars, worth around 1.6 million euros, was part of a 300kg shipment handled by the Brink's secure transportation company last Thursday.
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Where's Danny Ocean?
Are we sure Henry Hill is dead?
Might explain how the Fed plans to return Germany's gold to them in 2020. Steal a little here, a little there, by then, they may have a full accounting.
...'handled by the Brink's (sorta) secure transportation company'...