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Man jailed for stealing Van Gogh and Hals paintings from Dutch museums

The court described him as an 'incorrigible and calculating criminal.'

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.

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.

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.

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Germany

Six men charged in Germany over 2019 Dresden museum heist

Searches have so far failed to find the missing jewels.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Germany

Dresden museum heist: raids and arrests in major police operation

The large operation— which resulted in traffic restrictions across Berlin on Tuesday — comes a year after the November 25 theft of priceless 18th-century jewels from Dresden's Gruenes Geweolbe, or Green Vault Museum.

United Kingdom

Ex-birdkeeper jailed for stealing penguins & selling them on Facebook

As well as penguins, he stole spoonbills, egrets and macaws.

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.