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Chances of recovering Louvre jewels slim, say experts
Published on 21/10/2025
» PARIS - Crime gangs around Europe are increasingly robbing valuable jewels and gold from cash-needy museums like the Louvre, but while police often catch the thieves, they struggle to recover the priceless goods, law enforcement and art experts say.
French police hunt Louvre jewel thieves
AFP, Published on 20/10/2025
» PARIS - The hunt was on Monday for the band of thieves who stole eight priceless royal pieces of jewellery from the Louvre Museum in the heart of Paris in broad daylight.
Australian scientists grapple with 'despicable' butterfly heist
AFP, Published on 18/09/2025
» SYDNEY — Almost eight decades after Colin Wyatt stole and then vandalised thousands of precious Australian butterfly specimens, scientists are still untangling his web of deception.
£1.5m reward offered after 'brazen' London gem raid
AFP, Published on 01/01/2025
» LONDON - Victims of a £10 million ($12.5 million) London jewellery raid have offered rewards of up to £1.5 million to help recover the gems and catch the thief.
Chalor, ex-top cop convicted in Saudi jewel theft, dies at 85
Post Reporters, Published on 24/11/2023
» Chalor Kerdthes, the ex-police commissioner convicted for murder in connection with the high-profile Saudi royal jewellery theft case almost three decades ago, passed away on Friday at the age of 85.
Verdict due in spectacular German museum jewel heist
AFP, Published on 16/05/2023
» DRESDEN (GERMANY) - A German court is to deliver verdicts on Tuesday in the trial of six members of a criminal gang accused of snatching priceless 18th-century jewels from a Dresden museum.
All the world's a stage
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 30/12/2022
» Global issues such as the Russian-Ukraine war affected countries around the world, and Thailand, as the host of the Apec summit, was no exception.
Six stand trial for spectacular German museum jewel heist
AFP, Published on 28/01/2022
» BERLIN - Six members of a notorious criminal gang go on trial in Germany on Friday over a spectacular heist in which 18th-century jewels were snatched from a state museum in Dresden.
Court frees pork vendor wrongfully detained for 200 days
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 26/09/2017
» The Criminal Court has acquitted a fried pork vendor who had spent 200 days in detention after being wrongfully accused of stealing diamond jewellery worth about 15 million baht.
Vendor detained for 200 days cleared of jewel theft
King-oua Laohong, Published on 26/09/2017
» The Criminal Court has acquitted a fried chicken vendor who had spent 200 days in detention after being wrongfully accused of stealing diamond jewellery worth about 15 million baht.