From ZeroHedge:
Long-time Zero Hedge readers may remember the
rather surreal moment towards the beginning of the long-running German
tungsten/gold repatriation saga, when Bundesbank Executive Board member
Andreas Dombret assured the NY Fed that Germany wasn’t afraid of Simon Gruber (or Goldfinger for that matter) “masterminding gold heists in U.S. vaults.”
Well, since it now appears Germany is all set to ramp up its repatriation efforts (see the NY Fed’s November monthly outflow numbers), Buba may want to reconsider its stance on the threat posed by ambitious bandits, as
less than 24 hours ago, an estimated 4 million in gold bars were
commandeered (on the side of I-95 no less), by gun wielding desperados.
From CBS:
North Carolina authorities and the FBI are investigating the
theft of an estimated $4 million worth of gold allegedly stolen during
an armed robbery along Interstate 95 on Sunday evening, CBS affiliate
WRAL reports.
After mechanical problems with their truck, two armed guards who
were traveling from Miami to Massachusetts with a shipment of silver and
gold pulled over at mile marker 114 on the Interstate....MORE
As the old time British nature shows used to say when the lions approached the wildebeests:
"Sadly now, there can be but one outcome"
