Toronto Gold Theft

Canadian authorities announced they are investigating the theft of about $15M in gold and valuables that were stolen from a holding cargo facility at the Toronto Pearson International Airport this week. No suspects have been identified as of Friday.

The gold and valuables were transferred to the facility after being taken off a plane Monday evening. Authorities said the thieves accessed the public side of a warehouse that is leased to a third party outside the airport's security to get to the loot. They also said nothing unusual about the handling of the shipment was noticed until the gold and valuables disappeared from the warehouse. See the open questions in the case here and a brief history of airport heists from around the world here.

The theft joins a list of other major heists in Canada in the last two decades, which include the 2011 and 2012 thefts of roughly 3,000 tons of maple syrup valued at $14.4M, which were stolen from a storage facility in Quebec.