There have been some interesting heists in recent years...
In 2008, thieves in Russia stole an entire 200-year-old Orthodox church, brick by brick, leaving only the foundation.
Later that year, an entire beach—over 500 truckloads of beautiful white sand—was stolen in Jamaica.
In 2012, a 650-foot long bridge, weighing more than 10 tons, was stolen in the Czech Republic using a fake construction permit.
Pretty crazy, right?
Well, strangely enough, the biggest heist in Canadian history is also on the unusual side...
In the laughably small Canadian town of Saint-Louis-de-Blandford, two hours northeast of Montreal...
Lies a nondescript industrial warehouse containing one of the world's largest stockpiles.
Not of weapons, minerals, or petroleum...
No, something MUCH more Canadian.
In fact...
Over 85% of the world's supply comes from Québec, and there's even a cartel-like Federation that controls the market price and distribution.
What is this treasure...
Valued at over 30 times the price of crude oil?
It's pure maple syrup!
And in 2012...
A group of thieves stole over CA$18 million worth from the reserve—weighing in at about 6 million pounds.
It was the single biggest heist in Canadian history (and was certainly the largest-ever theft of maple syrup in the history of the world).
Here's how it went down...
The syrup was stored in white barrels, stacked six high, floor to ceiling.
The thieves siphoned off the syrup over the course of a year, which they sold on the booming syrup black market. (Yup, it's apparently a thing!)
But...
The scheme all came crashing down when the annual inspector unsuspectingly knocked over an emptied barrel...and sounded the alarm.
Soon the scope of the caper became rudely apparent.
And after a month-long investigation, it was discovered that 60% of the 16,000 barrel stockpile was missing.
Now that's a lot of sweet, sweet nectary gold.
Just goes to show...
Criminals will go to ridiculous lengths to make a buck.
I mean, just think about the logistics...
You've got to work at odd hours.
"Launder" the product through shady underground economies.
And, of course, physically move the goods.
Which, if you think about it, is a pretty enormous hassle...
Whether you're talking thousands of barrels of syrup, truckloads of sand, or... you know... "scrap" churches and bridges!
Maybe it's just me...
But it sure seems like it would be easier to just...
Oh, I don't know...
Make monie legally!
After all...
Making it legitimately doesn't require enormous risks, dealings with shady syndicates, or the threat of imprisonment.
And if you're doing it right...
You can build a thriving enterprise with a comparatively modest investment of time and energy.
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