[BITList] From Cargo Law

[M.j. Feltham]

   ***Swiss Miss? .....as more than US$1.2M was discovered missing from Swiss Air Lines flight 17,  but whoever took the cash left behind the rest of the loot – another US$92M. The cash shipment was destined for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The money disappeared somewhere between passenger flight 17's point of origin in Zurich on June 22 and the unloading of the shipping container carrying the stash at New York's international airport about 2:30 p.m. on June 25. The money was discovered missing during the official count later June 25, at the Fed offices in Lower Manhattan. The missing money was in 12 bundles of US$100,000 apiece. It was all US$100 bills. A forklift operator "opened the sealed crate and noticed damage to one of the crates in the form of a puncture from a forklift. It was a hole large enough to put your arm in." The forklift operator also told investigators the damaged shipping crate was positioned so the hole was blocked from view until it was removed in New York. Investigators believe it's most likely that the money was taken before the flight by someone who either knew what was in the crates or saw a target of opportunity. JFK has a long, colorful history of cargo thefts, the most famous being the Lufthansa heist immortalized in Martin Scorsese's 1990 film "Goodfellas."
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