Police have ramped up security around Dresden‘s Zwinger, a Baroque palace complex that houses an internationally renowned porcelain collection as well as Old Master paintings and historic scientific instruments, after two men suspected of plotting a break-in were chased…
French police acknowledged major gaps in the Louvre’s defenses on Wednesday — turning this month’s dazzling daylight theft into a national reckoning over how France protects its treasures. Paris Police Chief Patrice Faure told Senate lawmakers that aging systems and slow-moving…
The Lake Champlain Maritime Museum says they've received a $5,000 donation after a burglary earlier this month. https://www.facebook.com/LakeChamplainMaritime/posts/pfbid02eSje3ZUKeWDeEfGHKLY6G5e1xABhPxZ959W8AF7thLp9HZDjvsEaLxufdRHREWAXl In a post on social media, the museum said they've received a lot of community support, and donations from friends. "While we don’t…
A thief who stole an antique map from an atlas at the National Maritime Museum has been jailed for three years at Woolwich Crown Court. Melvin West used a small knife to cut the map out of the 350-year-old volume…
Melvin West, 70, who has been jailed for three years for stealing a 'historically unique' 350-year-old map from a museum." A career criminal who stole a “historically unique” 350-year-old map from a museum has been jailed for three years. Melvin West,…
THIS is the moment a brazen thief steals an antique map from a museum atlas worth £50,000. Melvin West, 70, has been sentenced for three years in prison today after he stole the map for a secret buyer. Footage from the National…
By OLIVIA DAY, ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR, AUSTRALIA A serial art thief who used a Stanley knife to cut a seventeenth century world map from a valuable atlas from a museum library has been jailed for three years. Father-of-two Melvin West,…
A robbery involving a wallet and cellphone was reported near the French Quarter. According to the New Orleans Police Department, a victim's wallet and cellphone were stolen near the French Quarter. Police said funds were also taken from the victim's…
On the night of October 19, a brazen robbery occurred at the Royal Residence of Venaria Reale near Turin, Italy: unknown individuals stole 26 antique pocket watches from the 18th century, valued at approximately €150,000. The criminals managed to remove the valuable collection from…
One year after a brazen break-in at the Louvre Museum in Paris, the four main suspects are in jail awaiting trial, but the eight priceless jewels stolen during the heist remain missing. The stolen treasures include a crown and a…
Museum and gallery thefts, from the Louvre crown-jewels heist to stolen Renoirs and artefacts tracked down and recovered.
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