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== Preparation == | == Preparation == | ||
Petru planned the robbery around a Banca Dâmbovița vehicle carrying cash from the bank's Brașov cash centre to its branches and ATMs in the city. He selected a level section of DN1/E68 between [[Ghimbav]] and Brașov | Petru planned the robbery around a Banca Dâmbovița vehicle carrying cash from the bank's Brașov cash centre to its branches and ATMs in the city. He selected a level section of DN1/E68 between [[Ghimbav]] and Brașov, created a work zone that reduced the road to one controlled lane, and positioned a work truck to close the exit behind the armored vehicle. | ||
The three wore road-maintenance coveralls, reflective vests, work gloves, and hard hats over concealed body armour. Petru posed as the site supervisor, while Iakob and Emil posed as road workers. Their [[PM md. 63]] rifles remained inside the work truck until the armored vehicle stopped. Petru and Iakob also carried [[Makarov PM]] pistols, while Emil carried a [[Luger P08]]. | The three wore road-maintenance coveralls, reflective vests, work gloves, and hard hats over concealed body armour. Petru posed as the site supervisor, while Iakob and Emil posed as road workers. Their [[PM md. 63]] rifles remained inside the work truck until the armored vehicle stopped. Petru and Iakob also carried [[Makarov PM]] pistols, while Emil carried a [[Luger P08]]. | ||
Petru assigned Iakob to disarm and guard the vehicle crew | Petru assigned Iakob to disarm and guard the vehicle crew and Emil to remove the cash. He prepared an enclosed transfer location, placed a dark blue [[Volkswagen Transporter T4]] there, and arranged a safehouse outside Brașov. | ||
== Robbery == | == Robbery == | ||
At approximately 9:18{{nbsp}}a.m. on 20 December, Petru | At approximately 9:18{{nbsp}}a.m. on 20 December, Petru signalled the approaching armored vehicle to stop. Believing that Petru supervised the roadwork, the driver followed him into the narrowed lane, and the work truck closed the exit behind the armored vehicle. Petru, Iakob, and Emil then covered their faces, retrieved their rifles, and approached. | ||
The | The crew consisted of an unarmed driver and two guards carrying 7.65 mm [[Pistol Carpați Md. 1974|Carpați Md. 1974 pistols]], radios, and soft protective vests. Petru held the driver at gunpoint and seized the alarm controls as Iakob disarmed the guards and kept the three employees together. On Petru's order, the senior guard opened the cash compartment, and Emil loaded containers holding 40 billion old Romanian lei into the work truck. | ||
The transfer was completed within approximately five minutes. Before leaving at about 9:23{{nbsp}}a.m., Iakob confiscated the employees' radios and Petru secured all three inside the armored vehicle. | The transfer was completed within approximately five minutes. Before leaving at about 9:23{{nbsp}}a.m., Iakob confiscated the employees' radios and Petru secured all three inside the armored vehicle. | ||
== Escape and aftermath == | == Escape and aftermath == | ||
Petru, Iakob, and Emil left in the work truck with the cash and weapons. At the transfer location, they moved the containers and equipment into the dark blue Volkswagen Transporter T4 and abandoned the truck | Petru, Iakob, and Emil left in the work truck with the cash and weapons. At the transfer location, they moved the containers and equipment into the dark blue Volkswagen Transporter T4 and abandoned the truck. | ||
The Transporter | The three drove the Transporter to Petru's safehouse outside Brașov and remained there for two nights. Before dawn on 22 December, they took the cash to Bucharest and delivered it to [[Oskar Dirlewanger]]. The Transporter was then dismantled. | ||
Dirlewanger retained 60% of the stolen money and divided the remainder equally among Petru, Iakob, and Emil under the arrangement used after the [[2002 Bucharest bank robbery]]. | Dirlewanger retained 60% of the stolen money and divided the remainder equally among Petru, Iakob, and Emil under the arrangement used after the [[2002 Bucharest bank robbery]]. He told Petru that he had wanted to see blood and criticized him for completing the robbery without violence. It was the second of three tests, following Emil's in 2002 and preceding Iakob's in 2005. | ||
Police Chief Commissioner [[Lucian Mureșan]] | Police recovered the work truck, but Police Chief Commissioner [[Lucian Mureșan]] closed the investigation before it produced evidence connecting Petru, Iakob, or Emil to the crime. | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
Revision as of 19:27, 12 September 2026
| 2004 Brașov armored car robbery | |
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| Location | DN1/E68 between Ghimbav and Brașov, Romania |
| Date | 20 December 2004 9:18 a.m. – 9:23 a.m.(EET, UTC+02:00) |
| Target | Banca Dâmbovița armored vehicle |
| Attack type | Armored car robbery |
| Weapons | Petru:
Iakob:
Emil:
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| Deaths | 0 |
| Injured | 0 |
| Perpetrators | Petru Ionuț, Iakob Ionuț, and Emil Ionuț |
| Motive | Robbery and test of Petru's planning |
| Era | Vriend Era |
The 2004 Brașov armored car robbery was an armed robbery carried out by Petru Ionuț, Iakob Ionuț, and Emil Ionuț on the DN1/E68 western approach to Brașov, Romania, on 20 December 2004. Posing as a road-maintenance crew, the three stopped an armored vehicle belonging to Banca Dâmbovița and stole 40 billion old Romanian lei from a pre-Christmas cash delivery. The robbery was completed without injuries.
Preparation
Petru planned the robbery around a Banca Dâmbovița vehicle carrying cash from the bank's Brașov cash centre to its branches and ATMs in the city. He selected a level section of DN1/E68 between Ghimbav and Brașov, created a work zone that reduced the road to one controlled lane, and positioned a work truck to close the exit behind the armored vehicle.
The three wore road-maintenance coveralls, reflective vests, work gloves, and hard hats over concealed body armour. Petru posed as the site supervisor, while Iakob and Emil posed as road workers. Their PM md. 63 rifles remained inside the work truck until the armored vehicle stopped. Petru and Iakob also carried Makarov PM pistols, while Emil carried a Luger P08.
Petru assigned Iakob to disarm and guard the vehicle crew and Emil to remove the cash. He prepared an enclosed transfer location, placed a dark blue Volkswagen Transporter T4 there, and arranged a safehouse outside Brașov.
Robbery
At approximately 9:18 a.m. on 20 December, Petru signalled the approaching armored vehicle to stop. Believing that Petru supervised the roadwork, the driver followed him into the narrowed lane, and the work truck closed the exit behind the armored vehicle. Petru, Iakob, and Emil then covered their faces, retrieved their rifles, and approached.
The crew consisted of an unarmed driver and two guards carrying 7.65 mm Carpați Md. 1974 pistols, radios, and soft protective vests. Petru held the driver at gunpoint and seized the alarm controls as Iakob disarmed the guards and kept the three employees together. On Petru's order, the senior guard opened the cash compartment, and Emil loaded containers holding 40 billion old Romanian lei into the work truck.
The transfer was completed within approximately five minutes. Before leaving at about 9:23 a.m., Iakob confiscated the employees' radios and Petru secured all three inside the armored vehicle.
Escape and aftermath
Petru, Iakob, and Emil left in the work truck with the cash and weapons. At the transfer location, they moved the containers and equipment into the dark blue Volkswagen Transporter T4 and abandoned the truck.
The three drove the Transporter to Petru's safehouse outside Brașov and remained there for two nights. Before dawn on 22 December, they took the cash to Bucharest and delivered it to Oskar Dirlewanger. The Transporter was then dismantled.
Dirlewanger retained 60% of the stolen money and divided the remainder equally among Petru, Iakob, and Emil under the arrangement used after the 2002 Bucharest bank robbery. He told Petru that he had wanted to see blood and criticized him for completing the robbery without violence. It was the second of three tests, following Emil's in 2002 and preceding Iakob's in 2005.
Police recovered the work truck, but Police Chief Commissioner Lucian Mureșan closed the investigation before it produced evidence connecting Petru, Iakob, or Emil to the crime.