Jewel thieves make off with huge haul
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Two thieves showed up at a London jeweler in a flashy car and made off with an even flashier haul, stealing about $20 million worth of diamonds and gems, the jeweler said Wednesday.
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Armed robbers have stolen art worth $100 million, including works by Claude Monet and Vincent van Gogh, from a Zurich museum, police said Monday.
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A team of burglars has lifted more than $7 million in jewelry, rare books and cash from dozens of homes in the city's wealthiest neighborhoods, slipping in and out without tripping elaborate alarms or leaving so much as a fingerprint behind, authorities say.
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Burglars broke into the English country mansion of rocker Ozzy Osbourne and his wife, Sharon, early Monday and stole a &quot;large amount of jewelry,&quot; police said.
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Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne are ready to shell out 100,000 pounds as a reward to anyone who catches the burglars who stole jewels worth 2 million pounds from their Buckinghamshire mansion.
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Ozzy Osbourne fought with a burglar who broke into his country home, but the perpetrator and an accomplice made off with jewellery worth about US$1.9 million.
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Burglars broke into the English country home of rocker and reality TV star Ozzy Osbourne on Monday and stole a large amount of jewelry, police said.
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Masked robbers brandishing handguns stole four paintings by 19th Century masters worth $164 million from a Zurich museum in Switzerland's biggest art theft, police said on Monday.
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Audacious thieves hoping to get rich in a "red gold" rush have caused serious transport disruptions by stealing copper wire from a major Australian train network, officials said.
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A valuable collection of Swiss watches is found in France shortly after being stolen from a museum in Switzerland.
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Pulling off one of the largest and most daring cash robberies of all time is one thing. Disposing successfully of the loot and enjoying the benefits is another matter.
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THIEVES have snatched two diamonds worth a total of 11.5 million euros ($19.8m) from an antique dealers&#39; show in a bold heist at the Louvre museum complex in Paris.
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Ozzy Osbourne grappled with a burglar yesterday after catching him stealing jewellery worth more than Â£1 million from his country home.
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A swindler posing as the owner of a jewelery store outside Paris managed to steal a set of luxury pens and watches with the unwitting help of local police and a locksmith, police said on Saturday.
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Four masked men armed with submachine guns robbed a jewelry store in a chic Paris neighborhood, making off with about &#36;2 million in jewels, police said.
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Criminals do not normally monitor commodities markets, but high metals prices have grabbed their attention, fueling more thefts of copper wire and other items whose metal components can be sold for scrap.
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DIAMONDS worth nearly Â£8m were stolen from an antique dealers&#39; show near the Louvre museum in Paris yesterday. The two diamonds were taken in a daylight robbery while a member of staff manning a stand at