World news about “Robbery” published by euronews.
Israeli police think twice over robbery as motive for bank shootout Police in Israel are investigating a shootout at a bank in the southern city of Be’er Sheva in which a man killed four people before turning his gun on… 20/05/2013
Jewels meant for stars stolen at Cannes Film Festival French police say jewels due to be lent to film stars at the Cannes Film Festival have been stolen from a hotel room. Worth more than three quarters of a… 17/05/2013
OJ Simpson tries to get a retrial Former American football star O.J. Simpson is back in court in Las Vegas to ask for a new trial in the armed robbery and kidnapping case that in 2008 sent him… 13/05/2013
Global cyber gang rob millions Over $45 million has been stolen in one of the biggest ever bank heists by a global cyber crime ring. The money was taken from two Middle Eastern banks by… 10/05/2013
Mass arrests over Belgium diamond heist More than 30 people have been arrested in connection with a 35 million euro robbery at Brussels airport on February 18. A Europe-wide manhunt led to 24… 08/05/2013
Belgian town celebrates money for nothing Authorities in the Belgian town of Zeldelgem have been rather disappointed at the public’s reaction to an appeal following a comical attempted robbery earlier… 03/05/2013
US hermit arrested for theft Accustomed to sleeping under the stars, Christopher Knight – the man dubbed the ‘North Pond Hermit’ – is now behind bars in the US following his arrest for… 11/04/2013
Highway robbery: armed Italian ambush nets 10m euros There has been a daring daylight armed robbery on a motorway in northern Italy. Police say a gang with an array of heavy weapons staged a military-style… 08/04/2013
Family outing turns into pure gold for Italian police Italian police have discovered a haul of gold bars hidden in a car on what they say looked like ‘an ordinary family Easter day out.’ Officers started a… 04/04/2013
Grab and smash, bag-thief runs through glass door – nocomment An alleged bag-snatcher ran through a glass door at a shopping centre in Australia on Sunday but managed to escape unharmed. 02/04/2013
Thief hacks tusk off elephant exhibit at Paris museum A chainsaw-wielding thief has broken into a Paris museum and cut off the tusk of an elephant, which once belonged to King Louis XIV of France. According to… 31/03/2013
Stolen Rembrandt returned to museum Rembrandt’s “Portrait of the Father,” has been returned to the Serbian museum from where it was stolen seven years ago. Police found the painting by the… 14/03/2013
Bradford Batman to the rescue A man dressed as the caped crusader showed off his crime fighting skills in the UK when he handed a suspected burglar over to the police. The 27-year-old… 04/03/2013
Arturo’s funeral in Copenhagen (This article is part of the fictional TV series and online game « The Spiral ». The facts as they are presented here never really happened. Click here to… 14/09/2012
Man hit by train after robber leaves him to die – nocomment Video footage shows a man leaving an unconscious man to die on the underground train track after mugging him at a station in southern Stockholm. It was… 14/09/2012
Mystery ‘spirals’ replace stolen masterpieces (This article is part of the fictional TV series and online game « The Spiral ». The facts as they are presented here never really happened. Click here to… 29/08/2012
United Kingdom- Attempted robbery – nocomment A CCTV video released by Metropolitan police shows a British shopkeeper fending off an attack by a knife-wielding robber who held the blade to his assistant’s… 26/11/2011
Technology aids car thieves Car thieves using screwdrivers and crowbars to break into and steal your cars could soon be a thing of the past. Gadgets used to operate cars in films like… 06/09/2011
Bradford Batman – not the crusader we thoughtIt looked like there was a real super hero story when a Batman handed over a wanted man to the police in Bradford, England in the early hours of February 25… 05/03/2013
A short history of theftStealing, although forbidden almost everywhere in the world, is probably the most prosperous way of spending your time. It is rather lazy but if you think… 20/02/2013
Three million euros of gems stolen from Paris jewellerLess than a day after the spectacular diamond robbery at Brussels airport, two armed men held up the De Beers jewellery stand at a Paris department… 20/02/2013
Antwerp raises alert levels after diamond heistAntwerp’s diamond trading industry is reeling in shock after Monday’s multi-million euro heist. An estimated 80 percent of global trade in rough diamonds… 19/02/2013
Massive Brussels diamond heist was ‘well prepared and professional’Investigators continued to comb Brussels airport on Tuesday for possible evidence after armed robbers made off with a massive haul of uncut… 19/02/2013
Brazen burglars in BergenPolice in Norway have released surveillance video of a daring raid on a museum, where burglars made off with 25 valuable pieces of Chinese art. The oldest… 28/01/2013
New Year’s Eve robbery at Paris Apple storeThousands of euros worth of goods have been stolen from an Apple store in Paris. French police are refusing to confirm whether thieves got away with up to… 02/01/2013
Artifacts stolen from Ancient Olympia museum recoveredGreek police have recovered 70 bronze artifacts stolen from a museum in Ancient Olympia in February. Three men were arrested during an operation where they… 25/11/2012
Dozens of police killed in Kenya cattle raidAt least 42 Kenyan police officers have been killed by thieves stealing cattle. Officials claim the robbers used sophisticated weapons such as… 12/11/2012
Russia investigates allegations of multi-million euro fraud during APEC preparationsAn investigation has begun into the alleged embezzlement of more than 4.7 million euros during the preparations for the last APEC summit held in… 09/11/2012
Huge art haul as thieves thwart securityJust a few minutes in the early hours of Tuesday morning were enough for thieves to pull off the biggest art heist this century. One estimate of the value of… 16/10/2012
Thieves steal Ghanaian king’s crown jewelsA suitcase belonging to Ghana’s King Otomfuo Osei Tutu II has been stolen from his country’s embassy in Oslo, Norweigan police and diplomatic sources said on… 13/10/2012
Sticky-fingered thieves steal Canadian maple syrup worth millionsA group of sticky-fingered thieves in Canada have made off with a stockpile of maple syrup worth 24 million euros. The sweet-toothed burglars stole the… 03/09/2012
Smuggled cash seizures soar at Italy bordersItalian police say seizures of cash at airports and border checkpoints have soared this year. More than 41 million euros was confiscated during the first… 12/08/2012
Serb police find stolen Cezanne masterpieceSerbian police have uncovered a masterpiece by French impressionist Paul Cezanne, which was stolen from a Zurich museum nearly four years ago. The Boy In … 12/04/2012
Hamfisted robbers hunted in SpainSpanish police are hunting four gunmen who stole 50,000 euros worth of gold and jewels from a security warehouse – but then lost most of it when they crashed… 24/02/2012
Back in the Day: Britain’s biggest ever bank heistDecember 20, 2004 A group of men steal more than £26.5 million (approx. 31 million euros) in sterling, dollars and euros from the headquarters of Northern… 19/12/2011
Air crash fraudsters arrestedBrazilian police have arrested at least 20 people for fraud after pretending to be relatives of air crash victims who died leaving no heir. Officials say… 29/11/2011
Masked gunmen stage cash heist near ParisMasked robbers posing as policemen have stormed a safe deposit centre in the Paris suburb of Orly, killing one guard and injuring two others. The robbers… 21/09/2011
Recovered Rubens replica shown to publicA recovered replica of a Rubens masterpiece has been presented to the public in Greece, a decade after it was stolen in a robbery. Undercover police… 08/09/2011
Ned Kelly’s remains identified at lastThe mystery surrounding the whereabouts of the remains of Australia’s most infamous criminal has finally been solved. The headless remains of Ned Kelly… 01/09/2011
Swedish police accused of thieving from their own safesSwedish police are alleged to have stolen almost 50,000 euros of the public’s valuables placed in police safes. Surveillance footage shows an officer… 31/08/2011
Spain warns foreign drivers over highway hold-upsSpanish police are warning foreign drivers to beware of robbers after a spate of hold-ups around Barcelona. They throw stones at cars which stop to check… 26/08/2011
Thieves steal blueprints of Germany’s new spy HQGermany’s secret service has just got a lot less secret. Blueprints for the new headquarters of the country’s foreign intelligence service were stolen… 12/07/2011
Peron’s jewellery recovered in ItalyItalian police, in co-operation with their Spanish colleagues, have recovered 5.6 million euros worth of jewellery once owned by Eva Peron. The jewellery… 23/06/2011
Handbag pensioner clobbers robbersWitnesses who saw a pensioner foil a gang of would-be robbers in central England have been speaking of her bravery. The woman, who is thought to be over 70… 08/02/2011
Handbag-wielding pensioner confronts robbers in UKA gang of thieves who tried to raid a jewellery shop in central England got more than they bargained for. An avenging pensioner, armed with only a handbag… 08/02/2011
Soldiers protect Egypt’s Pharaonic treasuresSoldiers are patrolling the Cairo antiquities museum – home to the world’s greatest collection of Pharaonic treasures – after looters broke in and smashed… 30/01/2011
Airport X- ray machine saves tiger cubAuthorities at Bangkok’s international airport found a tiger cub in a passenger’s suitcase bound for Iran. It had been drugged and hidden beside a toy tiger… 28/08/2010
Cairo art theft blamed on bad camera and alarm upkeepThe Mahmoud Khalil Museum of Art in Cairo’s cameras and alarm system were out of order, a security official has said, when the same Dutch master’s painting… 22/08/2010
Search for van Gogh piece goes onEgypt’s culture minister has retracted his claim that police had recovered a painting by Dutch master Vincent van Gogh that was stolen from a Cairo… 22/08/2010
Pink Panther suspect trades cell in Spain for JapanThe return of an alleged Pink Panther member to Japan — Rifat Hadziahmetovic — is part of a project among more than 180 countries to fight an international… 14/08/2010
Armed gang robs French security vanAn armed gang has attacked and burned a security van in the French city of Marseille before making off with several million euros. The assault happened in… 31/05/2010
Broken alarm allows thief to steal artPolice in Paris are investigating why the city’s Museum of Modern Art allegedly left an alarm broken for two months, allowing a thief to make off with… 21/05/2010
Robbery museum’s alarm “out of order”The alarm system at the Paris museum where thieves stole paintings worth more than a hundred million euros had been partially out of order for nearly two… 21/05/2010
Paris police probe multi-million euro art theftA daring art thief has snatched five masterpieces worth 500 million euros from a Paris museum in one of the biggest art robberies of all time. Police say… 20/05/2010
Thieves snatch art works in €100m raidThieves have snatched five masterpieces worth some 100 million euros from the Museum of Modern Art in Paris. The paintings were stolen late on Wednesday and… 20/05/2010
Former president’s stolen corpse recoveredThe missing remains of former Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulos have been found, three months after being stolen from the grave. The body was identified… 09/03/2010
Twittering types forced to think twicePlease Rob Me.com – the ideal research tool for would-be burglars looking for an easy night’s work, or even a bit of daylight robbery. For the victims are… 25/02/2010
Video exclusive of when the Haiti quake hiteuronews have obtained exclusive footage of the moment when Haiti’s catastrophic quake struck. Inside the bakery, customers can be seen desperately trying… 20/01/2010
Millions stolen in French security van heistA gang of armed robbers has stolen several million euros from a security van in France. Footage showed the gang blocking off the vehicle outside a depot… 05/01/2010
Auschwitz sign ‘stolen for international collector’Police in Poland say the entrance sign to the Auschwitz nazi death camp was stolen to order for an international collector who neither lived in Poland nor is… 22/12/2009
Auschwitz sign robbers not neo-NazisThe five men detained by Polish police on Monday for stealing the Auschwitz Nazi concentration camp sign, are common thieves. The police in the southern city… 22/12/2009
Auschwitz sign suspects “not neo-Nazis”Five men arrested in Poland for stealing the infamous “Arbeit macht frei” sign at the Auschwitz concentration camp have been described as common criminals… 21/12/2009
Auschwitz sign theft done for moneyThe five men arrested for the theft of the infamous “Work makes you free” sign that hung over the entrance of the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz, planned… 21/12/2009
Missing Auschwitz sign foundPolice in Poland have recovered the stolen metal sign that hung over the entrance to Auschwitz. The “Arbeit macht frei” or “Work sets you free” iron motto… 21/12/2009
Auschwitz sign stolenOne of the most poignant symbols of the Holocaust has been stolen. Overnight, the iron sign above the entrance to the Auschwitz concentration camp was taken… 18/12/2009
Another Munch work stolen, police sayPolice have confirmed a second lithograph by Norwegian painter Edvard Munch was stolen earlier this year. The news that The Breaking Away’ is now on an… 18/11/2009
French police hunt guard after 11m euro heistFrench police are on the hunt for the driver of an armoured van who reportedly made off with more than 10 million euros he was transporting. The vehicle… 06/11/2009
Hunt underway for stolen Warhol collectionA reward of nearly 700,000 euros is being offered for information leading to the return of a multi-million dollar collection of Andy Warhol silk screen… 12/09/2009
Warhol artwork collection stolenA multi-million dollar collection of Andy Warhol silk screen portraits has been stolen from a Beverley Hills home in Los Angeles. The ten works feature… 12/09/2009
Gang sought over 40 million pound UK gem heistPolice investigating what it thought to be the biggest jewel robbery in British history have released security camera footage of two suspects. A female… 12/08/2009
