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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.

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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.

13 February 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 December 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.

8 December 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 November 2020

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.

17 November 2020

United Kingdom

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

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

30 October 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 September 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 September 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.

3 September 2020

France

Thief left flat after inflatable flamingo helps police track him down

Police easily identified a credit card thief after the individual's rather vivid purchase.

World News

China tells US to close consulate in Chengdu amid rising tensions

US-Chinese relations have soured amid a mounting array of conflicts including trade, the handling of the coronavirus pandemic, technology, spying accusations, Hong Kong and allegations of abuses against Chinese Muslims.

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.

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.

Switzerland

Research shows that people likelier to return wallets with more cash

Study across 355 cities in 40 countries should people are more likely to return a wallet the money it has in it