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| Yesterday |
 Cyprus |
Archbishops' remains stolen from cemetery  Map of Nicosia Cyprus| Grave robbers have stolen the remains of two archbishops, who led the island's Greek Orthodox church in the 19th and 20th centuries | |
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| Jan.21 |
 Haiti |
 Police kill man over stolen rice Map of Port-au-Prince Haiti Haitian police shot and killed a man they suspected of stealing rice, leaving his body on the sidewalk for hours as his family mourned
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| Jan.18 |
Haiti |
'A frenzy of looting' seen in capital Map of Port-au-Prince Haiti| With the people hungry, desperate and frustrated nearly a week after a powerful earthquake, sporadic violence and looting are erupting | |
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| Dec.20 |
 Poland |
Police find sign stolen from Auschwitz gate The "Arbeit macht frei" sign stolen in southern Poland has been found in the north and five men have been arrested
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| Dec.18 |
Poland |
Hunt for Auschwitz sign thieves| Polish police search for thieves who took the infamous Arbeit Macht Frei sign over the entrance | |
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| Oct.8 |
 New York |
NY socialite heir guilty of theft A court has convicted the 85-year-old Anthony Marshall, son of late philanthropist Brooke Astor, of looting his mother's estate in her final years
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| Sep.25 |
 Sweden |
$1M reward offered for cash depot heist A group of heavily-armed thieves used a helicopter to land on the roof of the cash depot. They used explosives to get into the building
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| Sep.11 |
 Los Angeles |
Warhol art collection is stolen A multi-million dollar Andy Warhol art collection has been stolen from a private home in the city
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| Aug.21 |
 London |
Three charged over $65M jewelry heist Police have charged a third man in connection with Britain's largest-ever jewelry heist
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| Aug.17 |
USA |
Man 'stole 130m card numbers' US prosecutors have charged Albert Gonzales, 28, with stealing data relating to 130 million credit and debit card numbers
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| May.30 |
 Paris |
Gunman makes off with millions in jewels A thief staged a daylight holdup in an upscale district of the capital, stealing at least $8.5 million in jewelry from the prestigious Chopard store
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| Mar.13 |
 Brazil |
Man steals plane, crashes into mall Kleber Barbosa da Silva pushed the pilot out of a rented plane before takeoff and slammed it into several cars parked at a shopping mall
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| Dec.23 |
 Basra |
Soldiers seize apparently stolen relics Iraqi soldiers have seized 228 stolen antiquities and arrested 7 members of a gang suspected of trafficking in such items
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| Jul.18 |
Southern France |
French search for stolen Semtex Map of Lyon France Anti-terrorist officers are searching for 28kg of explosive missing from a depot in the suburbs of the city of Lyon
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| May.21 |
Japan |
Japan to probe whale meat 'theft'
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| Feb.11 |
Switzerland |
Gang robs Zurich of top paintings
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| Jan.23 |
 Darfur |
Hijackings hit food distribution A surge of truck hijackings threatens to cut off food rations for 2 million people after 22 of World Food Program vehicles were attacked
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| Dec.21 |
Sao Paulo |
Raided museum 'uninsured'
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| Dec.20 |
Sao Paulo |
Picasso painting stolen in museum heist Thieves broke into the Museum of Art and made off with paintings by Pablo Picasso and Candido Portinari in a brazen heist lasting 3 min
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| Sep.13 |
Brazil |
Gang used ATM 'blood suckers' to steal
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| Aug.18 |
 Peru |
Looting disrupts quake rescue bid  Map of Pisco Peru Rescuers have recovered 127 bodies from a church in Pisco which was almost totally destroyed in massive earthquake
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| Mar.8 |
Congo |
Official arrested over missing uranium
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| Jan.22 |
England |
Scavengers take washed-up goods
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| Aug.25 |
Southern Iraq |
Base looted after British turn it to Iraqis
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| Aug.19 |
Greece |
Police hunt for stolen icon
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| Mar.11 |
Washington |
Bush adviser charged with thefts
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| Sep.29 |
New Orleans |
Police face Katrina looting probe
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| Mar.7 |
Norway |
Stolen Munch paintings recovered
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| Oct.25 |
 Iraq |
 IAEA: Tons of Iraq explosives missing| Some 380 tons of explosives are missing from a former Iraqi military facility that was supposed to be under US control | |
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| Aug.23 |
 Norway |
Gallery defends Scream security The head of the Oslo gallery said a silent alarm went off and police arrived in minutes
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| Aug.22 |
Norway |
Scream stolen from museum| Two masked armed robbers have stolen the iconic Edvard Munch painting from the Munch Museum | |
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| Aug.13 |
 Liberia |
 Hungry Liberians storm port Thousands stormed Monrovia's port in a massive looting spree as rebels prepared to hand it over to peacekeepers
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| May.11 |
 Austria |
'Mona Lisa of sculptures' stolen The 16th Century solid gold sculpture by Cellini was worth at least $57m
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| Mar.2 |
New York |
Dali picture sprung from jail
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| Dec.7 |
Netherlands |
2 Van Gogh paintings stolen
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| Aug.16 |
London |
Diana butler charged with theft Paul Burrell has been charged with 3 counts of theft of 342 items belonging to Princess of Wales
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