Dawood Ibrahim
Dawood Ibrahim is very possibly the Sachin of crime in India. Very active back in the day. Retired(somewhat) now. Responsible for causing a lot of damage, living like a free man, yet feared by many. Irrelevant comparisons apart, we had to start the list with perhaps the one who's most notorious for his heinous crimes. Just imagine, if Dawood could put his head into something constructive, he probably would've been as successful.
Here's one example of his sharpness mentioned in the book, From Dongri to Dubai:
An imported item of very high value arrives at the Bombay port bearing a consignment number of, let's assume, XYZ123. Dawood's men would change the consignment number to something that doesn't exist in the records, like XYZ456. He would then hide the consignment somewhere in the port itself. At the time of the delivery, consignment number XYZ123 will be missing, making the officials mark it as a package 'lost in transit'. The importer, at this point, would claim insurance getting a 100% refund of his money. Dawood's men would now get in touch with the importer and offer him the consignment for half the price. He'd obviously accept because he's already got a 100% refund of his money, he's also getting his order at half the price.
This way the importer gets his goods for cheap, and Dawood gets half the money for doing practically nothing. For the insurance company, where only a small percentage of policies are claimed, it's just a drop in the ocean, hardly making any difference in their profit margins. Of course, Dawood had men to help him out inside the system otherwise pulling the trick off so often would've been impossible.
Here's one example of his sharpness mentioned in the book, From Dongri to Dubai:
An imported item of very high value arrives at the Bombay port bearing a consignment number of, let's assume, XYZ123. Dawood's men would change the consignment number to something that doesn't exist in the records, like XYZ456. He would then hide the consignment somewhere in the port itself. At the time of the delivery, consignment number XYZ123 will be missing, making the officials mark it as a package 'lost in transit'. The importer, at this point, would claim insurance getting a 100% refund of his money. Dawood's men would now get in touch with the importer and offer him the consignment for half the price. He'd obviously accept because he's already got a 100% refund of his money, he's also getting his order at half the price.
This way the importer gets his goods for cheap, and Dawood gets half the money for doing practically nothing. For the insurance company, where only a small percentage of policies are claimed, it's just a drop in the ocean, hardly making any difference in their profit margins. Of course, Dawood had men to help him out inside the system otherwise pulling the trick off so often would've been impossible.
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