The untold story of the biggest gold heist in Canadian history | The Fifth Estate

It was a sensational heist — $20 million in gold stolen from Canada’s busiest airport, Toronto's Pearson International, in 2023. On a chase that spans the globe, from India to Dubai to rural Pennsylvania, we make surprising discoveries about the gold, guns and the suspects who are still at large.

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00:00 - Timeline of the heist

12:37 - How a gun smuggling operation led to a breakthrough

20:17 - Is some of the gold in Dubai?

31:42 - Tracking down a key suspect

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Inside job: Airport gold heist

producer/director
Timothy Sawa

writer
Steven D’Souza

associate producer
Andrew Culbert

video editor
Jan Silverthorne

additional research
Gurvinder Kaur
Karina Shedrofsky
Matthew Pierce
Murali Krishnan
Varinder Bhatia

principal photography
Ousama Farag
Turgut Yeter

senior videographer
Andy Hincenbergs
Jonathan Castell

additional photography
Fatehjang Singh
Gurmeet Sapal
Jonathan Austin
Keith Burgess
Matija Pekić
Oliver Walters
Patrick Morrell
Rob Krbavac

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technical producer
Avery Woods

visual research
Leslie Morrison

graphic designers
Tim Kindrachuk
Thomas Hall

post audio
Ron Searles

colourist
Scott McIntyre

special thanks
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Pittsburgh

from the files team
producer
Roxanna Woloshyn

senior videographer
Jonathan Castell

video editor
Ian Hoag

rollout producer
Leanne Stepnow

social media producers
Alex Migdal
Britt Purdy

digital producer
Janet Davison

resource coordinators
Marc Cormier
Dragan Maricic

media management
Astoria Luzzi

associate director
Carmen Smith

packaging editor
Alessia Protomanni

coordinating associate director
Rhonda Kirkpatrick

senior producer
Emmanuel Marchand

executive producer
Allya Davidson

original broadcast
February 14, 2025