Illicit Cultural Property has an article about a $100 million painting that was recovered after the death of a couple from New Mexico. The painting was stolen, by an unknown couple, in 1985.
Also mentioned on Kottke.org
Tuesday, September 11, 2018
Tuesday, August 7, 2018
Theft of Swedish Crown Jewels
According to an article in the Ottawa Citizen (also Yahoo News and the BBC ) thieves smashed the case of a display holding the Swedish crown jewels and then fled the area in a waiting speedboat.
On Tuesday, two thieves stole one 17th century golden orb and two crowns from a cathedral near Stockholm where they had been on display in an alarm-locked glass box, before escaping by speedboat into the Mälaren lake that spans 120 kilometres and is filled with hundreds of small islands.
Sunday, April 29, 2018
Houston Armoured Car Robbers
Texas Monthly has an article about the ringleader of a gang of Houston based armoured car robbers.
The gang were caught after police received, and paid for, an anonymous tip which named the leader. The police then spent months following the gang members waiting for them to strike. I think this illustrates the downside of the gang's particularly nasty technique of deliberately shooting the armoured car worker carrying the bags of money.
The gang were caught after police received, and paid for, an anonymous tip which named the leader. The police then spent months following the gang members waiting for them to strike. I think this illustrates the downside of the gang's particularly nasty technique of deliberately shooting the armoured car worker carrying the bags of money.
Saturday, March 3, 2018
Convict escapes with tool dropped from drone
USA Today has an article about a criminal who escaped from prison using wire cutters dropped into the prison by a remote controlled drone.
via Slashdot
Friday, February 2, 2018
Hatton Garden ringleaders ordered to pay back
The BBC reports that the ringleaders of the gang that pulled the Hatton Garden heist have been ordered to repay GBP27.5m or spend more time in prison.
Wednesday, January 10, 2018
Ex-SAS robber caught because of dog hair
The Telegraph has an article about an ex-SAS soldier who was arrested for armed robbery after one of his dog's hairs was found at the scene. I can see how they might not have covered that in special ops school.
The former special operations soldier, who was named locally as Derek, was held by gendarmes after detectives traced all Britons in the area who owned a Jack Russell, Le Parisien newspaper reported.
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