Las Vegas, Nevada is the city where dreams are made and lost.

It's the place you go with only a few dollars in your pocket and can leave with many more.

The opposite is also true, more times than not.

Las Vegas keeps your secrets earth so they say what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas,

right?

But for all of its charm, promises, glitz and glamour, Sin City can't completely hide

the fact that it's in the middle of an unbearable desert.

A desert that owes a lot of credit to the mob for transforming it from a dust bowl to

a dazzling boom town.

Crime families from the American Midwest and East Coast are historically credited for financing

many of the popular hotels and casinos that line the Las Vegas strip.

In modern times, the mob's influence has reportedly waned, and their iron grip around

Vegas has been replaced by several large corporations.

In 2019, PACEBASE magazine estimated that the largest casinos in the city earn nearly

$22 billion in revenue, $22 billion.

That much money flowing in and out of businesses every day has made Vegas a hunting ground

for ruthless thieves who target money while it's in transit.

This is Armored.

The untold stories of murder, mayhem, and million dollar highs.

Today's episode revolves around a violent robbery crew that targeted armored trucks in Sin City

with military precision.

Their tactics and tragic actions left a lot of blood in the desert and dimmed the appeal

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