# Lebanon’s Desperate Bank Heists | Full Episode | SBS Dateline

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For this episode, which first aired in 2023, Dateline travelled to Lebanon, where ordinary people were going to extraordinary lengths to get their savings out of banks amid an economic crisis.

00:00 A matter of life and death 06:43 Lebanon's economic collapse, explained 10:51 Trying to get cash out of an ATM in Beirut 13:34 How to rob a bank 17:41 What do bankers say 19:24 A daring escape

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