Thefts

Louvre theft could make France's stolen Crown Jewels as famous as Mona Lisa

The robbery at the Louvre has done what no marketing campaign ever could: It has catapulted France's dusty Crown Jewels long admired at home, little known abroad to global fame. One week on, and the country is still wounded by the breach to its national heritage. Yet the crime is also a paradox. Some say it will make celebrities of the very jewels it sought to erase, much as the Mona Lisa's turn-of-the-20th-century theft transformed the then little-known Renaissance portrait into the world's most famous artwork. In 1911, a museum handyman lifted the Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece off its hook. The loss went unnoticed for more than a day; newspapers turned it into a global mystery, and crowds came to stare at the empty space. When the painting resurfaced two years later, its fame eclipsed everything else in the museum, and that remains so today. That's the uneasy question shadowing on Sunday's robbery: whether a crime that cut deep will glorify what's left behind. Because of the .

Louvre director acknowledges failure, offers to resign after jewel heist

The Louvre's director on Wednesday acknowledged a terrible failure at the Paris tourist attraction after a daylight crown jewel heist over the weekend, and said that she offered to resign but it was refused. The world's most-visited museum reopened earlier in the day to long lines beneath its landmark glass pyramid for the first time since one of the highest-profile museum thefts of the century stunned the world with its audacity and scale. In testimony to the French Senate, Louvre director Laurence des Cars said that the museum had a shortage of security cameras outside the monument and other ?weaknesses? exposed by Sunday's theft. Under heavy pressure over a heist that stained France's global image, she testified to a Senate committee that she submitted her resignation, but that the culture minister refused to accept it. Today we are experiencing a terrible failure at the Louvre, which I take my share of responsibility in, she said. The thieves slipped in and out, making off wit

From gold toilet to Mona Lisa, Louvre heist adds to art theft history

Recovery of objects from heists is low. it's impossible to put a number to it, but some say art recoveries globally are possibly as low as 10%

Canadian police arrest 8 Indian-origin men over cases of mail theft

Canadian police have arrested eight Indian-origin men over mail thefts, including credit cards and cheques, and slapped them with over 300 charges, with some facing deportation, local media reported. Peel police recovered more than 450 pieces of stolen mail, such as credit cards and cheques, worth more than CAD 400,000, from the suspects, CTV News reported. The investigation uncovered a group of individuals working together to target residential mailboxes, resulting in widespread theft and disruption to community members, the report quoted from a police news release on Friday. Peel police, Halton police and Canada Post launched a joint operation called Project Undeliverable in April to investigate reports of a series of mail thefts in the region. The investigation uncovered a group of individuals working together to target residential mailboxes, resulting in widespread theft and disruption to community members, police added. Investigators executed search warrants in September dur

Thieves grab $2 mn in jewellery in Seattle heist that took under 2 minutes

Smash-and-grab thieves in Seattle made off with an estimated USD 2 million in diamonds, luxury watches, gold and other items in a daring midday jewelry store robbery that took just about 90 seconds, police said Friday. Video from the West Seattle store's surveillance cameras shows four masked suspects shattering the locked glass front door with hammers and then ransacking six display cases Thursday. One display held around USD 750,000 worth in Rolex watches, police said in a statement, and another had an emerald necklace valued at USD 125,000. A masked suspect threatened workers with bear spray and a Taser, police said, but no one was injured. We're pretty shook up as a staff, Josh Menashe, vice president of the family-owned store, said by phone Friday. We're gonna be closed for a while. Menashe said workers finished cleaning up the broken glass and were working on a full inventory of the losses. Police said they responded to the robbery but the suspects had already fled in a get

Cash, gold worth Rs 4 cr stolen in Kotekar bank heist recovered, four held

The stolen cash and gold ornaments worth Rs four crore have been recovered, and four people have been arrested in connection with the Kotekar Co-operative Bank robbery, police said on Monday. Mangaluru Police Commissioner Anupam Agarwal lauded the efforts of the police team in solving the case. According to officials, on January 17, four masked and armed individuals looted the bank, making off with cash and gold jewelry. Investigators pointed out that lapses on the bank's part, including CCTV cameras being under maintenance and the master locker being left open, contributed to the ease with which the offenders carried out the robbery. Addressing a press conference here, the senior police official said,"All the 18.3 kgs of gold and 3.8 lakh in cash and armaments and lethal weapons, the getaway car, and two fake number plates were recovered in roughly a week. We lost no time in tracking the culprits. We have arrested four accused, and hunt is on for four more people involved in the .

FIR in Ayodhya as lights worth Rs 50 lakh stolen from Ram, Bhakti Path

Approximately 3,800 bamboo lights and 36 projector lights, valued at over Rs 50 lakh, installed along the Bhakti Path and Ram Path in the high-security area of Ayodhya, have allegedly been stolen

Russian court sentences US soldier to nearly 4 years on theft charges

A court in Russia's far eastern city of Vladivostok on Wednesday sentenced an American soldier arrested earlier this year to three years and nine months in prison on charges of stealing and threats of murder, Russian news reports said. Staff Sgt. Gordon Black, 34, flew to Vladivostok, a Pacific port city, to see his girlfriend and was arrested after she accused him of stealing from her, according to U.S. officials and Russian authorities. Russian state news agencies Tass and RIA Novosti reported from the courtroom in the Pervomaisky District Court in Vladivostok that the judge also ordered Black to pay 10,000 rubles ($115) in damages. Prosecutors had asked for Black to be sentenced to four years and eight months in prison. Black's sentencing further complicates U.S. relations with Russia, which have grown increasingly tense as the fighting in Ukraine continues. Russia is holding a number of Americans in its jails, including corporate security executive Paul Whelan and Wall Street .

Russian court starts trial of US soldier arrested on theft charges

A court in Russia's far eastern city of Vladivostok on Thursday began the trial of an American soldier arrested earlier this year on charges of stealing. Staff Sgt. Gordon Black, 34, flew to Vladivostok, a Pacific port city, to see his girlfriend and was arrested after she accused him of stealing from her, according to US officials and Russian authorities. He faces up to five years in prison if convicted. Russian state news agency RIA Novosti reported from the courtroom in the Pervomaisky District Court in Vladivostok that Black agreed to testify in the trial and will respond to the accusations against him later in the proceedings. The report also cited local police as saying that Black is cooperating with the authorities. Black's arrest further complicates US relations with Russia, which have grown increasingly tense as the fighting in Ukraine continues. Russia is holding a number of Americans in its jails, including corporate security executive Paul Whelan and Wall Street Journal

Goods of Jal Jeevan Mission worth lakhs stolen from godown in UP's Etawah

According to police, the miscreants in an unknown vehicle stole goods worth Rs 37 lakh last night from the store of the construction organization engaged in the Jal Jeevan Mission project

More than 56% of vehicle thefts in India occur just in Delhi-NCR: Report

Between 2011 and 2020, more than 300,000 vehicles were stolen in the national capital

Con woman who got jobs as maid and committed thefts arrested

The crime branch of Mumbai Police has arrested a woman who committed thefts after getting a job as a house maid under various aliases, an official said on Thursday

Lock your cars! Vehicle theft spikes in US amid Covid-19 pandemic

Despite silent streets and nearly non-existent traffic, vehicle larcenies shot up 63% in New York and nearly 17% in Los Angeles from January 1 through mid-May