Sweden Swedish Supreme Court judge fined for stealing meatballs from shop The 67-year-old woman resigned from her post after a distinguished career when the allegations first surfaced. 31/03/2022
Money Axie Infinity's Ronin network hit by €552 million crypto heist The blockchain network Ronin, which powers the popular online NFT game Axie Infinity, has been hit by one of the sector's biggest thefts ever. 30/03/2022
Germany Six men on trial for stealing jewels worth €113m from Dresden museum Prosecutors said those accused of stealing the gems, which have never been recovered, belong to an organised crime family known as the "Remmo clan". 28/01/2022
Culture news German men charged for million euro heist on Dresden museum The men will stand trial in January for stealing precious jewellery of historical note from one of Europe's oldest museums. 30/12/2021
France Bordeaux's famous 'Grands Crus' become a thieves' favourites Since 2018, the phenomenon of fine wine thefts has become significant in the region, with at least 20 break-ins against warehouses, private or small specialised cellars, as well as supermarkets. 14/12/2021
Germany German burglars break through toy shop wall to steal lego sets It wasn’t immediately clear whether the burglars also stole the instruction books. 30/11/2021
Biztech news Tech this week: Teen arrested over €32 million crypto heist A multimillion crypto heist by a teenager, Elon Musk continues his Tesla stock sale and a €35 million cryptocurrency bid for a US Constitution. Here's your weekly tech round up. 21/11/2021
Taste Hotel 'guests' steal 45 bottles from Spanish wine collector The 'refined' couple left with a booty that included the valuable 1806 Chateau d'Yquem and at least six other 19th-century bottles from the exclusive Romanée-Conti winemaker in France's Burgundy region. 02/11/2021
Romania Romania police recover high-performance bikes stolen from Italian team The bicycles went missing last week from a hotel in Lille, where the Italian team was staying during the UCI World Track Championships. 29/10/2021
Italy Italian church oratory thief was inspired by 'Lupin' TV series A young man in Italy has admitted to stealing from a church oratory, saying he had "learned techniques" from the popular French TV series "Lupin". 12/10/2021
Netherlands Man jailed for stealing Van Gogh and Hals paintings from Dutch museums The court described him as an 'incorrigible and calculating criminal.' 24/09/2021
United Kingdom UK police arrest man over theft of historic jewellery worth over €1m Police in the UK have arrested a man on suspicion of burglary, following the theft of historic jewellery from a Sussex castle in May. 21/09/2021
Italy Tobacconist accused of stealing customer's €500k-winning scratch card A 70-year-old woman had brought the winning scratch card to his shop to be validated. 08/09/2021
France Police arrest armed robbers who stole €10m from Paris jewellery store French police have arrested three suspects after armed robbers stole €10m worth of jewellery from a Paris store on Place Vendome. 07/09/2021
Germany Six men charged in Germany over 2019 Dresden museum heist Searches have so far failed to find the missing jewels. 02/09/2021
France Armed robbers steal jewellery and €400k from Paris boutique Two men have stolen an estimated €2 million from a Dinh Van boutique in central Paris. 30/07/2021
United Kingdom Woman convicted of swapping diamonds for pebbles in London heist A woman has been convicted of using "sleight of hand" to steal diamonds worth around €4.9 million from a high-profile London jeweler in 2016. 28/07/2021
France Burglary gang jailed in France for theft from Paris celebrities Seven men and one woman have been convicted of targeting high-profile figures in Paris, including footballers Thiago Silva and Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting. 01/07/2021
Greece Greek police recover Picasso and Mondrian paintings stolen in 2012 Police say they have recovered the artworks nearly a decade after their theft from Greece's biggest state art gallery in Athens. 29/06/2021
Greece Greek trio arrested for selling priceless Roman statue for €40,000 One of the three found the statue in his garden and asked the other two to sell it, police say. 28/06/2021
Germany Fifth suspect arrested in Germany over Dresden jewellery heist A 22-year-old man was detained in Berlin on suspicion of the high-profile gang theft of 18th-century from Dresden's Green Vault Museum in November 2019. 18/05/2021
Netherlands Dutch police make arrest over theft of €6m Van Gogh painting Van Gogh's “The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring 1884” was snatched from the Singer Laren museum east of Amsterdam in the early hours of March 30, 2020. 06/04/2021
no comment Surveillance video released as Ontario police search for car thieves Police in London, Ontario, are asking for help to track down two people involved in a car theft. 13/03/2021
Belgium Ten arrested for hijacking phones of celebs and influencers The investigation was carried out by UK, Belgian and Maltese forces and found personal details had been stolen along with millions in cryptocurrencies. 13/02/2021
United Kingdom Huge increase in UK dog theft blamed on COVID-19 restrictions Dog theft in the UK has gone up by a whopping 250 per cent in 2020. 27/12/2020
Russia Equipment stolen from Russian 'doomsday' military aircraft, media say The Il-80 craft, known for its ability to survive a nuclear war, was reportedly infiltrated during maintenance at an airfield in the Rostov region. 08/12/2020
