Has Kim Kardashian become the latest victim of the Pink Panther gang?
The raid on Kim Kardashian’s apartment has all the hallmarks of the Pink Panthers, a gang of super-criminals who have got away with tens of millions of pounds in jewels in high-profile heists since 1984. The gang, whose members mostly hail from Serbia and Montenegro, have stolen more than 280 million pounds.
They got their nickname after a 2003 London robbery when a thief hid a diamond in a pot of beauty cream, similar to the plot of one of the Pink Panther movies about an inept French detective played by English actor Peter Sellers. The gang – who have hit targets in Cannes, Tokyo, Singapore and Dubai – are a loose network of around 200 people, whose jobs are known for their precision and minimal violence. If the Pink Panthers were involved in the robbery at Kim’s home – a luxury block apartment block called Hotel Pourtalès – they would have done their homework.
They probably monitored Kim’s social media and may have seen the jewelry she was wearing in Paris after she Snapchatted a picture. They would have cased the building beforehand.
It is not a proper hotel, but a portered building containing nine flats designed for multi-millionaires.
The Kardashians regularly stayed there when they came to Paris, as did Madonna, Leonardo Di Caprio, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and the late Prince.
In 2004 Nebojsa Denic (left) was jailed for 15 years and Milan Jovetic (right) for five years for their part in a conspiracy to rob a jewellery shop in London’s Mayfair. Both are now free
Bojana Mitic (pictured) is wanted in connection with her role in the 2007 Dubai jewellery heist
Below is a video of a previous burglary by the Pink Panthers
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