Last big cash heist at an airport I recall was in 1978, according to the movie,
Goodfellas. In 2005, Schipol was the scene of about an $80 million dollar diamond grab. Sometimes these things can go on for years before an arrest is made.
Reputed N.Y. mobster nabbed in 1978 'Goodfellas' airport heist - Reuters - JAN 2014
More than three decades after $5 million in cash and $1 million in jewelry was stolen from a Lufthansa airlines cargo building at John F. Kennedy International Airport, the FBI arrested Vincent Asaro, an alleged leader of the Bonanno organized crime family, on robbery charges.
Four other men, who prosecutors said were members of the New York-based gang, were arrested for other crimes.
“Vincent Asaro devoted his adult life to the Bonanno crime family, with a criminal career that spanned decades,” said U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch in a statement. “Neither age nor time dimmed Asaro’s ruthless ways, as he continued to order violence to carry out mob business in recent months.”
Asaro pleaded not guilty in a brief appearance at U.S. District Court in Brooklyn, and his attorney said he would fight the charges.
“I got a call from Martin Scorsese,” joked attorney Gerald McMahon, referring to the director of the 1990 movie about the heist. “He wants to do a sequel to ‘Goodfellas’ and it seems that federal prosecutors are providing him with the script.”
Amsterdam diamond theft: Seven arrested - BBC JUL 2017
Five men and two women have been arrested on suspicion of involvement in a €75m ($80m, £64m) diamond heist in 2005 at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport, police in the Netherlands say.
The seven Dutch nationals were arrested in Amsterdam and Valencia in Spain.
The armed gang, disguised as airport workers, stole the diamonds as they were about to be put onto a plane. Some of the diamonds were recovered from a getaway car but stones worth an estimated €40m are still missing. Correspondents say the theft was one of the world's biggest ever jewellery heists.