Crime with Tunnels

By@IanApr 17, 2026
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Possibly just a perception thing, but there is a weird seeming difference between UK and continental Europe is the way crims commit crimes: there seem to be much more use of tunnels in crime on the continent than there is in the UK. Is this some cultural thing in the crim world, or is it some systematic weakness in the buildings being targeted.

As always, anecdote is not data, so beware. This post is the first in an occasional series on anecdotes I've come across for this weird fascinating subject.

In this one, it seems the thieves in Naples escaped into the sewers after robbing the Naples safety deposit boxes they'd targeted. I'm not entirely clear on whether they broke through from the bank basement into the sewers or just used a manhole.