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
Czech Republic The Deer Hunter? Czech police search for missing rifle stolen by deer Czech police have appealed for help to find a missing weapon after a deer stole a hunter's rifle and fled on Friday. 25/11/2020
United Kingdom Ex-birdkeeper jailed for stealing penguins & selling them on Facebook As well as penguins, he stole spoonbills, egrets and macaws. 30/10/2020
Romania Inside the rise and fall of Romania's £2.5m book heist gang They abseiled through skylights to steal some of the world's rarest books. They left DNA at the scene. 28/09/2020
Romania Stolen books worth €2.7m found in Romanian basement during police raid The 200 works included books by Goya, Galileo and Isaac Newton. 18/09/2020
Italy French tourist fined €1,000 for taking sand from Sardinia beach White grains of sand from Sardinia's pristine beaches are considered precious and are a protected resource. 03/09/2020
Netherlands Museum hits out after Van Gogh painting stolen during COVID-19 closure The burglary from the Singer Laren museum, located 32 kms south-east of Amsterdam, occurred on what would have been the Dutch master's 167th birthday. 30/03/2020
Italy Italian police arrest six over deadly nightclub stampede Six people including five teenagers and a 39-year-old woman who had accompanied her daughter to the Lanterna Azzurra nightclub in Corinaldo, were killed in the stampede on December 8, 2018. 03/08/2019
France Thieves hack pumps remotely to steal petrol worth €150,000, say police The bizarre particularity of the operation? No petrol pump was forced or syphoned from. 29/03/2019
Germany Four men go on trial accused of stealing huge gold coin from museum A quartet has gone on trial accused of stealing a huge €3.75 million gold coin from a flagship German museum. 10/01/2019
