1 week ago Thieves make off with 1,000 artifacts from California museum in newly

Surveillance footage shows the moment two thieves broke into a California museum and stole over 1,000 artifacts.

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2 w. ago Thieves steal more than 1,000 items from Oakland museum in ‘brazen’ heist

Artifacts such as Native American baskets, ivory carvings and daguerreotypes taken in early morning burglaryThieves stole more than 1,000 items belonging to a museum in Oakland, California, authorities said this week, including historic artifacts and jewelry.Local officials are working with the FBI to investigate the burglary, which took place earlier this month at an off-site storage facility owned by the Oakland Museum of California. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Watch: Thieves caught trying to steal bike outside London police station in broad daylight

The pair were caught on CCTV attempting to break a bike lock on Bishopsgate

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3 w. ago Brazen Louvre thieves caught on camera slowly escaping with crown jewels from £76m heist

A new video has emerged from the day of the Louvre heist, where thieves managed to steal £76million worth of stolen jewels from the country's most popular museum

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3 w. ago Louvre director acknowledges ‘terrible failure’ after €88m jewel heist

Laurence des Cars questioned by senators about daring daytime break-in at Paris museumThe director of the Louvre museum in Paris has acknowledged a “terrible failure” days after thieves took seven minutes to break in via a window and steal jewels worth €88m, admitting there was “highly insufficient” security camera coverage of the outside walls of the vast building.Senators questioned Laurence des Cars about the spectacular heist in which four men used a truck with extendable ladder and furniture hoist to access a balcony, cut through a window and steal jewels from the ornate Apollo gallery during opening hours. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago ‘Just extraordinary’: Louvre broken window now on tourist trail as museum reopens after jewel heist

Apollo gallery remains closed as police investigate €88m robbery and director faces questioning over securityIt is already, in a small way, Paris’s newest tourist attraction. “And on our right,” boomed the guide on the bateau mouche tour boat heading up the Seine, “the Louvre – and the window thieves smashed to steal France’s crown jewels.”The world’s most visited museum reopened on Wednesday for the first time since a gang of four men broke into its Apollo gallery on Sunday, making off with €88m (£76m) of Napoleonic jewellery in France’s most dramatic heist in decades. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Louvre heist losses put at almost €90m as museum’s head prepares to face MPs

Police continue to search for the criminal gang behind the brazen robbery targeting France’s crown jewelsThe financial loss from France’s most dramatic heist in decades has been put at nearly €90m as the head of the Louvre prepared to face difficult questions over how thieves were able to steal priceless jewellery in broad daylight.As police continued to search for the criminal gang behind the brazen robbery on Sunday, the Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau told the broadcaster RTL that the museum’s curator had estimated the losses at about €88m (£76m). Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Louvre heist puts pressure on French government over museum security

Justice minister says ‘we have failed’ after thieves take seven minutes to steal priceless jewels from museumThe French government is under increasing pressure over museum security as police continue to search for thieves who took seven minutes to steal priceless jewels from the Louvre, the world’s most-visited museum.“What is certain is that we have failed, since people were able to park a furniture hoist in the middle of Paris, get people up it in several minutes to grab priceless jewels, and give France a terrible image,” the justice minister, Gérald Darmanin, told France Inter radio on Monday. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago French police on manhunt after thieves steal royal jewels from Louvre

Robbers drop imperial crown but succeed to flee with 8 other artefacts, says prosecutor

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3 w. ago Louvre shut down after thieves steal jewels of ‘inestimable’ historical value

Paris museum closed for the day after successful heist of Galerie d’Apollon, which houses royal collection

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4 w. ago Louvre closed after ‘masked thieves break into museum using chainsaw’ and steal ‘priceless’ jewellery

The Louvre museum in Paris was closed and members of the public evacuated, French officials confirmed

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4 w. ago Train lines blocked between Ipswich and London after thieves steal cables AGAIN

Train lines blocked between Ipswich and London after thieves steal cables AGAIN  Ipswich Star

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