Museum chiefs trying to recover a EUR-110-million haul stolen in a heist were conned into handing a fortune in cash to a fraudster, prosecutors in Germany have revealed. The collection of fabulous gems dating back to the 17th century was stolen from the Green Vault museum in Dresden in 2019.…
The secret tomb of an ancient Egyptian general who ran an army of foreign mercenaries has been unearthed by archaeologists. Egyptian military official Wahibre-mery-Neith was in charge of recruiting soldiers of fortune from Asia Minor and the Aegean Islands. The burial shaft dates back to the early 5th century BC…
Police officers searching a home for drugs discovered more than a thousand ancient treasures dating back to the 12th and 18th centuries, with some even dating back to the Roman era. Police in the town of Guadassuar, which is located in the autonomous community of Valencia, in eastern Spain, were…
The Swiss bank Credit Suisse is looking for a possible billion dollars in Nazi-looted money that may be hidden in one or more accounts in its books. It all started when a list of 12,000 Nazis that was believed destroyed surfaced in Argentina, with lawyers on three continents now hunting…
Adolf Hitler has gone on display at the Jewish Museum in Vienna as part of a project focusing on the creator of one of the most important contemporary art collections in the world. Stefan Edlis was just 16 when he fled the Austrian capital Vienna in 1941 with his mother…
Two 'Robin Hood' brothers who allegedly stole almost a billion pounds after a software glitch left them with a bottomless bank account that never ran out of money have been arrested after buying an illegal gun to protect their vast wealth. Brothers Recep Gezek and Emre Gezek told their family,…
This lucky woman in Malaysia has found over five kilogrammes of what appears to be ambergris, also known as 'whale vomit', while she was fishing off a jetty. The lucky woman has been named as Aida Zurina Long, 41, and she was reportedly fishing at the jetty near the Malaysian…
This statue of the Japanese god of fortune - who is also the patron of fishermen - has been found on the seabed and lifted out of the ocean after it was swept away during the devastating 2011 tsunami. The statue of Ebisu was first erected in 1932 and locals…
The President of Mexico has announced the country will start legal proceedings to have drug lord El Chapo’s fortune returned to the country after it was seized by the American authorities. Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador made the announcement in a press conference held at the National Palace in…
Mexican drug lord Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman has asked the President of the country to give his seized fortune to Mexico’s indigenous communities. Guzman’s lawyers Jose Luis Gonzalez Meza and Juan Pablo Badillo Soto, claimed the request was made during phone calls between the drug lord and his mother, sister…