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Louvre director admits 'insufficient' camera coverage after heist
AFP, Published on 23/10/2025
» PARIS - The director of the Louvre on Wednesday admitted to inadequate camera surveillance of the museum's outside walls, three days after thieves robbed it of prize jewels in a brazen daytime heist.
Nine charged over looting in LA fires: prosecutor
AFP, Published on 14/01/2025
» LOS ANGELES — Nine people have been charged in connection with looting in evacuation zones around huge fires burning in Los Angeles, the area's chief prosecutor said Monday.
Survivors patrol as looters prey on fire-wrecked Los Angeles
AFP, Published on 10/01/2025
» LOS ANGELES - People forced to flee their homes by massive wildfires tearing through Los Angeles were taking turns to patrol their streets to ward off looters on Thursday.
£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.
Four charged with theft of gold toilet from English stately home
AFP, Published on 07/11/2023
» LONDON - Four men are facing charges in relation to the theft of an 18-carat gold toilet that was stolen from an English country house, prosecutors said on Monday.
Dutch art sleuth recovers six historic paintings
AFP, Published on 17/10/2023
» THE HAGUE - A Dutch art detective dubbed the "Indiana Jones of the Art World" has recovered another six paintings, including a portrait of William of Orange and the first depiction of a seventh-century king.
Dutch art sleuth recovers stolen Van Gogh
AFP, Published on 12/09/2023
» THE HAGUE - A Dutch art detective has recovered a precious Vincent van Gogh painting that was stolen from a museum in a daring midnight heist during the coronavirus lockdown three-and-a-half years ago, police said Tuesday.
French 'getaway king' on trial for helicopter jailbreak
AFP, Published on 05/09/2023
» PARIS - A convicted burglar who escaped prison in 2018 aboard a hijacked helicopter in a jailbreak that astonished France went on trial in Paris on Tuesday, facing life in prison over his brazen getaway.
Paris shooting suspect admits 'pathological' hatred of foreigners
AFP, Published on 25/12/2022
» PARIS - A French man suspected of killing three Kurds in a Paris shooting has confessed to a "pathological" hatred for foreigners, Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said on Sunday.
S.Africa's ruling ANC re-elects Ramaphosa as party chief
AFP, Published on 19/12/2022
» JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's ruling ANC party on Monday re-elected President Cyril Ramaphosa as its leader for a second five-year term, despite a brewing scandal over a huge cash theft at his farm.