Transport polskiego złota z Londynu

Over the past few months, 8,000 gold bars, worth more than $US5 billion and weighing 100 tonnes, were carefully transported from the Bank of England???s vaults in London to Poland. How did G4S???s International Logistics division (G4Si) manage one of the biggest movements of gold between banks in the world? In the early hours of the morning on November 22, 2019, four G4S trucks raced from a secret facility northwest of London carrying a special cargo. They were accompanied by a police escort, with a helicopter flying overhead. Lights flashed as they drove to a London airport, where 20 heavy, wooden boxes were carefully loaded and tied down in a Boeing 737 freighter plane. ??sIt was the eighth time we had made the trip, in the middle of the night,??? Paul Holt, General Manager of G4Si in Europe (North and South), Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States, said. ??sIt was all very secretive, and extremely important it was done well.??? The boxes were full of gold bars, bound for Poland. Over the eight trips, G4Si helped transport 100 tonnes of gold - worth more than $US5 billion - from London???s Bank of England to the Narodowy Bank Polski, Poland???s central bank. On the UK side, 8,000 bars were carefully counted, prepared and packaged at a purpose-built G4S gold storage facility in London. They were then loaded into high-tech armoured trucks. "The movements of the gold were meticulously planned in coordination with everyone, including the police, the Bank of England, the Narodowy Bank Polski and G4Si," John Lennox, Operations Director for G4S Cash Solutions UK, said. ??sGiven the sensitivity this operation, we needed to be prepared for anything. Plans can change at short notice. Having a strong team, flexible and professional drivers, and making sure everyone was regularly updated meant the operation was a complete success.??? In the middle of the night, the trucks, escorted by police and helicopters, arrived at the London airport. The bars w