That said, it was hardly the case of daylight robbery that current odds of around 5-1 for the Derby might imply and it is often the case that persistently "unlucky" horses are just not quite as good as their backers think and hope.
Prosecutors say Mr. Checo conspired with six other people in the robbery, including one current and one former New York police officer.
Robbers struck South Africa's 800 or so armored cars at the rate of more than one a day over the last 12 months, the largest number of cash-in-transit robberies recorded since current recordkeeping began in 1996, the Police Service reported.
Also under investigation are two narcotics detectives implicated by the men involved in the initial robbery and five other current members of the force, said two of the people who know about the investigation.
Roadway Express docker Anthony Hart, 38, was allowed to walk free late Tuesday night due to a current lack of evidence linking him to the robbery.
Allegations against the Golden Dawn leadership and the basis for the current arrests include murder, attempted murder, setting off explosions and robbery.
What distinguishes the book is less its history, which was broadly known, than its details: a long section, called "The Topography of Robbery," lists businesses, addresses and former and current owners.
Less than half of current prisoners are serving a sentence for a violent, sexual or robbery offence.
"There was an indication that the [thieves] were current or former [music] industry insiders who had banded together to commit the robberies," an officer explained.
