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France

Luxury jewellery boutique robbed in Paris

There has been a daring robbery at Chopard, one of the most famous jewellery shops in Paris. According to police, an armed man robbed the store near

11/12/2015

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Denmark: thieves who are not afraid

How to steal an ATM? Danish bank robbers have the solution! In the city of Ringe, they used a large construction loader to ram a building and steal

03/12/2015

USA

Police shoot gunman on top of a San Francisco roof top

A gunman who robbed a sports wear store and then made his way on top of a San Francisco hospital construction site was shot by police and later died

12/11/2015

Denmark

Images released of Rodin sculpture thieves

Over one month since the theft of French sculptor Auguste Rodin’s “Man with the Broken Nose” from a museum in Copenhagen, police have released

21/08/2015

France

Jenson Button fears gas was used during Cote D'Azur burglary

A spokesperson for Jenson Button thinks anaesthetic gas was piped through the air conditioning during a burglary at his holiday villa in the South of

07/08/2015

Germany

Nosferatu: creator's skull taken from tomb

The authorities in Germany say the skull of FW Murnau, the director of 1920’s silent vampire classic “Nosferatu”, has been removed from his tomb. The

15/07/2015

France

French police hunt gunmen in north west Paris

French police are hunting for three armed men who stormed a clothes store in a shopping centre in north west Paris. The gunmen fled after what is

13/07/2015

France

Eiffel Tower 'pickpocket gang' detained by Paris police

Police in Paris have arrested a gang of suspected pickpockets, thought to have targeted tourists at the Eiffel Tower – and to have made up to 4,000

29/05/2015

France

Paris pickpocket protest forces closure of Eiffel Tower

The Eiffel Tower in Paris has been forced to close because of a worker walkout over crime around the famous landmark. Those protesting say there has

22/05/2015

Portugal

Suspected money van robbers arrested in Portugal

Portuguese police have arrested five men suspected of 40 armed robberies of money transport vans. The crime spree took place across the country from

19/05/2015

France

Monkey business: theft of rare primates from French zoo mystifies police

A zoo in France is appealing for the return of 17 rare monkeys stolen by suspected animal traffickers over the weekend

12/05/2015

United Kingdom

Jewels 'worth millions' stolen from London's diamond district

08/04/2015

France

Jewels worth millions stolen in French motorway heist

It was a daring robbery – and for thieves the reward was considerable. Two high-security lorries transporting jewels worth millions of euros were

11/03/2015

USA

Pearl-studded Oscars dress stolen from West Hollywood hotel

27/02/2015

USA

Labeled as 'Art/Craft' a stolen Picasso worth millions is found in New York airport

A Picasso painting has been found in Newark airport nearly a decade after it was stolen. The cubist composition entitled ‘La Coiffeuse’ or ‘The

27/02/2015

World News

Carbanak cyber criminals rob millions from banks worldwide

A leading internet security company has renewed its warning that cyber criminals are plundering nearly a billion euros from banks around the world

16/02/2015

World News

Darwin Award? Man’s bid to raid ATM blows up in his face

30/12/2014

Germany

Berlin launches manhunt following jewellery heist

A manhunt was launched after four jewellery thieves robbed Berlin’s famous KaDeWe department store. They reportedly used pepper spray to take down a

20/12/2014

Sport

Theft at Red Bull racing HQ

Speed is everything at the Red Bull Formula One team and so it proved in the early hours of Saturday morning at their Headquarters. A car smashed

06/12/2014

France

Armed jewel thieves captured after police chase across Paris

26/11/2014