King of Thieves. The Adventures of Arthur Delaney and the Kangaroo Gang
Adam ShandThe story of the most spectacularly successful shoplifting gang in history, who plundered stores in England and Europe in the 1960s and 1970s - the Kangaroo Gang, led by a master thief 'King' Arthur Delaney.
Vast shoplifting ring operating in Britain
'A highly organised gang of Australian shoplifters is at work in Britain stealing goods worth hundreds of thousands of pounds a year. New members of the gang are flown from Australia whenever the organisers want replacements.'
The Guardian, 15 August 1968
From the mid 1960s, a brazen band of Australian thieves ran riot in London for more than a decade, pulling off the most daring heists Scotland Yard had ever seen. They were tagged by the Press as the Kangaroo Gang.
The gang, led by the charismatic 'King' Arthur Delaney, targeted the plush emporia of Knightsbridge and the fine jewellers of Mayfair. But the King didn' t stop there, criss-crossing Europe to lay siege to the luxury retailers of Paris, Brussels, Rome...