The Pink Panther actually exists
From the International Herald Tribune 13th of December 2008:
Their timing was as impeccable as a tourbillon watch, a luxury timepiece whose name means whirlwind.
And after the diamond thieves disguised in women’s wigs and flowing foulards had vanished, police detectives on several continents pondered a trail of more than €100 million in jewelry heists over the last four years and wondered whether the so-called Pink Panthers had struck again.