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Germany

100kg gold coin stolen from Berlin museum

A gold coin worth up to $4m is stolen from the Bode Museum, in Berlin, Germany

27/03/2017

Netherlands

Two stolen Van Gogh paintings back on display in Amsterdam

Two priceless paintings by Vincent Van Gogh are once again hanging in an Amsterdam museum 14 years after being stolen by the mafia.

22/03/2017

France

French police catch thief trapped in jewellery store window

French police in Mauleon-Licharre in southwest France had the amusing job of arresting a suspected burglar trapped in the window of jewellery store

20/03/2017

France

French police arrest 10 over Kardashian robbery but still no sign of jewels

One of the rings stolen from Kardashian was a diamond engagement ring worth 3.7 million euros.

15/01/2017

France

72-year old held in connection with Kardashian robbery

72-year old career criminal implicated in Kardashian heist

09/01/2017

France

Kardashian: At least 15 arrests in Paris over robbery

At least 15 people have reportedly been arrested in Paris on suspicion of robbing Kim Kardashian at gunpoint last October. Robbers forced their way into the serviced apartment where Kardashian was sta

09/01/2017

France

Con man steals millions in jewellery from under jeweller's nose

A Parisian jewellery boutique in the city's 8e arrondissement has been swindled of 5.5 million euros worth of jewellery without the jeweller's notice

05/01/2017

Ukraine

Italy plans new art crime law after Ukraine recovers stolen masterpieces

It was the perfect Christmas present for art lovers who thought the paintings had been lost for ever after they were stolen – and in particular the Italian art museum which has now got them…

22/12/2016

Czech Republic

Tennis player Petra Kvitova injured in knife attack

The tennis world number 11 has sustained injuries to her left hand while defendeding herself against a knife attack in her home

20/12/2016

USA

Watch: A thief was caught on camera stealing a bucket of gold flakes

New York police are searching for a green-clad man who swiped an 86-pound (39 kg) pail of gold flakes off an armored truck two months ago and disappeared with the estimated…

01/12/2016

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New York store heist caught on camera

Police in New York have released surveillance video of an armed robbery which took place at a luxury watch store in the city.

23/11/2016

France

Paris carjacking nets robbers five million euros worth of jewelry

Robbers stole jewels and clothes worth millions of euros after tear-gassing two Qatari women and the driver of their luxury car on a motorway north of Paris, police officials…

22/11/2016

Italy

Watch: Robber smashes shopkeeper with bottle in raid in Italy

This is the dramatic moment a robber smashed a bottle over the head of a shopkeeper in southern Italy.

21/11/2016

World News

Video shows burglar metres away from residents

This footage, released by the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office, shows the moment burglars target a family home in Florida while its residents sleep in the same room.

27/10/2016

Belgium

Crowds evacuated from Belgian shopping mall

Police escorted dozens of shoppers out of the Cora mall in Chatelineau, around 50 kilometres south of Brussels after a hold-up at a jeweller's.

22/10/2016

Netherlands

Stolen Van Gogh paintings recovered by Italian police

The masterpieces, stolen more than a decade ago in Amsterdam, were found in a house linked to an international drug trafficker in Castellammare di Stabia, near Naples.

30/09/2016

Brazil

US Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte apologises for making up Rio robbery story

Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte has said sorry for fabricating a story about being robbed during the Rio Games by gunmen posing as police officers.

19/08/2016

Brazil

Disgraced US Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte apologises over robbery story

Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte has said sorry for fabricating a story about being robbed during the Rio Games by gunmen posing as police officers.

19/08/2016

Brazil

Rio police say US swimmers made up armed robbery story

Rio's police chief says four US Olympic swimmers made up a story about being robbed at gunpoint and could be charged with giving false testimony.

18/08/2016

Brazil

Lochte 'robbery' case: US swimmers pulled off flight

Brazilian police have pulled two US Olympic swimmers off a plane at Rio airport for questioning.

18/08/2016