The narrator presents a list of the 10 most brilliant criminals in history. The list includes:
1. The Vacuum Gang, who stole $800,000 from French supermarkets using a drill and a modified vacuum to access safes.
2. The Credit Lyonnais Burglars, who tunneled into a bank in Paris and stole millions of Euros in cash and valuables.
3. The Pink Panthers, a Serbian gang of jewel thieves who stole $108 million worth of jewelry and a diamond worth £500 million.
4. The Friday Night Robbers, led by Carl Gugasian, who stole $2 million over 30 years using meticulous planning and two getaway vehicles.
5. Derek "Bertie" Smalls, a British robber who led a gang of thieves and stole £230,000 in a record-breaking heist.
6. The 300 Million Yen Robber, who posed as a policeman and stole ¥300 million from a bank car in Japan.
7. The Boston Art Robbers, who stole $500 million worth of art from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston.
8. The School of Turin, a group of thieves led by Leonardo Notarbartolo, who pulled off the infamous Antwerp diamond heist.
9. The Baker Street Burglars, who tunneled into a bank vault in London and stole £3 million worth of cash and valuables.
10. D. B. Cooper, who hijacked a plane and parachuted away with $200,000, never to be found.
The narrator notes that while these criminals were able to pull off impressive heists, some were eventually caught and others remain at large.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text:
1. The Vacuum Gang is a group of thieves in France who have been stealing money from supermarkets since 2006.
2. The Vacuum Gang uses a drill and a modified vacuum to empty safes, rather than safe cracking or explosives.
3. They discovered a weakness in the type of safe used by the French supermarket chain Monoprix.
4. The Vacuum Gang has successfully stolen at least $800,000 from 15 different stores.
5. Monoprix has not changed its cash delivery system despite the thefts, which have cost them nearly $1 million.
6. The Credit Lyonnais Burglars stole millions of Euros of cash and valuables from a bank in Paris on March 30th, 2010.
7. The thieves tunneled into the bank, subdued a guard, broke into the vault, and emptied 125 safety deposit boxes.
8. The thieves set the building on fire, destroying evidence and allowing them to escape.
9. The Pink Panthers were a Serbian gang of jewel thieves responsible for robberies in over 20 countries.
10. The Pink Panthers stole $108 million worth of jewelry from a store in one famous heist, and hid a diamond worth £500 million in a jar of face cream.
11. Carl Gugasian, also known as the Friday Night Robbers, was a successful American thief who robbed shops for 30 years.
12. Gugasian had a master's degree in Systems Analysis and was meticulous in his planning, using two separate getaway vehicles.
13. Gugasian was caught when two teenage boys discovered his cache of weapons and masks while playing in a park.
14. Derek "Bertie" Smalls was a British robber who led a gang of thieves in the 1960s and 1970s.
15. Smalls was responsible for several successful bank robberies, including one where he got away with £230,000.
16. Smalls was caught when a member of his gang gave him up to the police, but he avoided jail time by testifying against his former associates.
17. The 300 Million Yen Robber stole ¥300 million from a bank car in Japan on December 10th, 1968.
18. The robber posed as a policeman and warned the guards that there was a bomb under the truck, causing them to exit the vehicle.
19. The Boston Art Robbers stole an estimated $500 million worth of art from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston on March 18th, 1990.
20. The thieves dressed as police officers and convinced security that they were responding to a call, then raided the museum and stole 13 pieces of artwork.
21. The School of Turin was a group of thieves led by Leonardo Notarbartolo, responsible for the Antwerp diamond heist.
22. The thieves carefully planned and executed the heist, including staying in the bank vault the night before and learning the intricate workings of the vault.
23. The thieves stole diamonds and paperwork needed to sell them as legitimate.
24. Leonardo Notarbartolo was convicted of the crime based on DNA evidence found on a half-eaten sandwich.
25. The Baker Street Burglars tunneled into the Lloyds Bank vault in London in 1971 and stole £3 million worth of cash and valuables.
26. The thieves were able to escape despite police arriving at the bank, as they did not notice any damage to the vault door.
27. D. B. Cooper hijacked a Boeing 727 in 1971, claiming to have a bomb, and demanded $200,000 and four parachutes.
28. Cooper jumped out of the plane over the mountains northwest of Portland, and neither he nor the money were ever found.
Note: These facts are based on the provided text and may not be entirely accurate or up-to-date.