Six stand trial for spectacular German museum jewel heist
Six members of a notorious criminal gang go on trial in Germany on Friday over a spectacular heist in which 18th-century jewels were snatched from a state museum in Dresden.
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Six members of a notorious criminal gang go on trial in Germany on Friday over a spectacular heist in which 18th-century jewels were snatched from a state museum in Dresden.
Six members of a notorious criminal gang go on trial in Germany on Friday over a spectacular heist in which 18th-century jewels were snatched from a state museum in Dresden.
The treasures, including the famous 49-carat Dresden white diamond, are yet to be found
BERLIN (Reuters) - Six men accused of involvement in a 2019 jewel heist at a museum housing one of Europe's greatest art collections appeared in court in Dresden on Friday, with the whereabouts of the treasures still a mystery. The defendants, German citizens aged between 22 and 27, who were not named under German privacy laws applicable to court defendants, are charged with aggravated gang theft and serious arson, according to the Dresden public prosecutor's office. They are suspected of breaking into Dresden's Gruenes Gewoelbe (Green Vault) Museum in the early hours of Nov. 25, 2019 and stea...
This is the story of a heist that stunned the world — and the meticulous police work that led to the capture of six members of the family gang that police say are believed to be responsible for it.