The cops’ search of the Landwehr Canal comes about a week after German authorities announced they had recovered the majority of jewels stolen in the infamous $120 million heist at the German …
dpa/AFP via Getty ImagesSix men are currently on trial for the famous 2019 heist.Saxony, where Dresden is the capital, had no insurance on the prized jewels in its famed “Green Vault,” which got its name from the malachite-green paint used to decorate some of its rooms.
State officials said it was standard practice not to have such insurance, as the price of premiums over time tends to exceed potential losses. Prosecutors believe that the thieves in the 2019 heist were expert crooks, sawing through part of a window grating in advance to gain entry and taking about 10 minutes to pull off the crime before escaping.
The recovery of most of the jewels comes in the middle of a trial for six men accused of carrying out the heist.Among the pieces still missing is an epaulette on which a precious stone known as the Dresden White Diamond was mounted.The recovered pieces will be examined by specialists to “confirm their authenticity and intactness,” authorities said.
Among the pieces still missing is an epaulette on which a precious stone known as the Dresden White Diamond was mounted.In 2020, three men were convicted of steal a 220-pound gold coin worth about $4 million from a museum in Berlin, and in November, thieves stole nearly 500 ancient gold coins worth several million euros from a museum in Bavaria.
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