A haul of stolen children's clothes with their security tags still attached has been confiscated by police in Germany after they were discovered in a van. The clothes - all…
US authorities have repatriated a 2,700-year-old artefact stolen from a museum in Iraq 20 years ago. The Iron Age artefact, named 'Furniture Fitting with Sphinx Trampling a Youth', was reportedly…
Over half of the artefacts from the former African Kingdom of Benin that are exhibited in Switzerland ended up there after they were stolen by British soldiers in the 19th…
A total of 60 stolen archaeological artefacts valued at nearly GBP 18 million were returned from the United States to Italy following a criminal investigation spanning years. Some of the…
A police dog accused of stealing a sandwich from a fellow officer has escaped wuff justice after he was put on trial in the court of public opinion - and…
Swiss police officers have been looking for culprits suspected of stealing nine protected tortoises from a pet shop in Switzerland. The young leopard tortoises (Stigmochelys pardalis) were reportedly stolen from…
Police have retrieved a "considerable part" of the EUR 113 million gems collection stolen in one of the biggest jewellery thefts in history. The astonishing diamonds and rare artefacts dating…
A huge collection of nearly 500 ancient Roman and Celtic gold coins worth up to EUR 3 million have been stolen in a raid on a museum in Germany. Police…
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…
German authorities have returned a total of 179 art pieces to Nigeria after they were stolen during British colonial invasions in the former Kingdom of Benin. The decision to deliver…