Five men convicted of audacious Dresden jewel heist
BBC
23-05-16 08:27
Five members of a notorious criminal family network have been found guilty of stealing over £98m ($134m) worth of jewels from Germany’s Green Vault museum in 2019. The men face sentences of up to six years. CCTV footage showed the gang, who live in Berlin, wearing masks and wielding axes as they smashed glass display cases before spraying a foam fire extinguisher in the museum room to cover their tracks. Although items have been returned, several pieces including a rare diamond have not been recovered, and are unlikely to be.