‘Obviously, there were people on both ends’: $20 million Pearson gold heist likely a professional job, experts say

The theft of $20 million in gold and other high-end items from Pearson International Airport was likely a well-planned professional job and if authorities don’t get the gold back quickly, it’s likely gone forever. That’s the opinion of a criminology professor and a former professional criminal who did prison time for his role in Canada’s biggest securities heist. “Obviously, there were people on both ends,” Melvin Mingo said in a telephone interview from Quebec. “The value is obviously the reason, the black market for gold is still quite lucrative,” Sergi said. Then they got their 10 per cent.”He said a small group of trusted criminals could have been pulled together to pull off the airport heist.