Picture shows one of the Japanese elderly trio, undated. The involved are Hideo Umino, 88, Hidemi Matsuda, 70, and Kenichi Watanabe, 69. (Newsflash)

Cops Bust Grandpa Crime Gang Of Three With Combined Age Of 227

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:August 11, 2024

Japanese police have busted a grandpa crime gang whose members have a combined age of 227. The trio reportedly met in prison and then proceeded to plot a number of…

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Image shows the EUR 200,000 (GBP 169,270) yacht, undated photo. It was stolen from the Rostock city harbor, Germany, in the early hours of Tuesday, June 18, 2024. (State Water Protection Police Office Mecklenburg-Vorpommern/Newsflash)

Luxury Yacht Worth EUR 200,000 Vanishes After Crooks Steal It From Marina

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:July 1, 2024

The authorities in Germany are looking for this EUR 200,000 yacht that was stolen out of a marina and sailed off into the unknown. The EUR 200,000 (GBP 169,270) yacht,…

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Image shows the shelves where the jewels were stolen, undated photo. The defendants confessed over the 113 million (GBP 100 million) jewels stolen three years ago from the Green Vault museum in Dresden, Saxony State, Germany. (Newsflash)

EUR 113 Million Heist Gang Gets EUR 3.8 Million For Legal Expenses

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:December 13, 2023

A gang who pulled off one of the greatest heists in criminal history are to get EUR 3.8 million of public cash to pay defence lawyers' bills, it has emerged.…

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Photo shows a plane stolen by two men from a hangar in Redencao, in southeastern Para, Brazil, undated. The stolen plan reportedly has not yet been located. (Newsflash)

Thieves Steal Confiscated Plane From Police Hangar

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:March 9, 2023

This is the moment two brazen thieves steal an aeroplane from a hangar after it had been seized by police. CCTV footage of the bizarre heist shows two men inside…

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Image shows the shelves where the jewels were stolen, undated photo. The defendants confessed over the 113 million (GBP 100 million) jewels stolen three years ago from the Green Vault museum in Dresden, Saxony State, Germany. (Newsflash)

Biggest Gems Raid In History Came From School Trip

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:January 20, 2023

A gang member behind a EUR 113 million jewellery heist in Germany has told a court that he got the idea for the break-in from a school trip. Mohammed Remmo…

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Breast star of the Polish White Eagle Order stolen from the historic Green Vault in Dresden, Germany, in November 2019. (Police Saxony/Newsflash)

Museum Conned Out Of EUR 40,000 By Dutch Fraudster

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:November 27, 2022

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…

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Breast star of the Polish White Eagle Order stolen from the historic Green Vault in Dresden, Germany, in November 2019. (Police Saxony/Newsflash)

Six Thieves To Face Trial Over 17th Century Rare Treasure Heist Worth Over EUR 100 Million

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:January 12, 2022

Six thieves are set to go on trial for stealing rare, 17th-century jewels insured for over EUR 100 million from the Green Vault Museum in Dresden, which boasts the largest…

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