Taki Taki

How Switzerland gave up its most precious possession

[LAURIE DIEFFEMBACQ/AFP via Getty Images] 
issue 25 February 2023

Gstaad

Some are whispering that it was the biggest haul since the Brink’s-Mat gold bullion robbery of 1983. Others say that compared with the Graff swag of last week, the Great Train Robbery was a mere bagatelle. Nobody knows nuthin, and while the fuzz are keeping schtum, the on dit is that it was the greatest robbery since the Louisiana Purchase, the trouble being that those who say such things think the Louisiana Purchase is a handbag sold by Dior.

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