tag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/18/Boston_thieves_away_with_authorities_a5ca

The FBI said Monday that they finally know who conducted a daring art heist in Boston exactly 23 years ago -- but the thieves can no longer be prosecuted.

2013-03-18T20:53:56ZAFP American EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/08/Romanian_police_arrest_mother_Dutch_c548

Romanian police on Friday said they had made another arrest linked to the spectacular 2012 art heist at Rotterdam's Kunsthal museum, detaining the mother of one of the male suspects.

2013-03-08T18:33:58ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/04/Swiss_police_snare_with_phones_b93c

A wily criminal was snared with a haul of 49 mobile phones stuffed down his trousers, Swiss police said Monday.

2013-03-04T14:41:57ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/02/28/Police_risks_human_rights_parliament_efd3

Britain should conduct a "fundamental review of the law" governing undercover operations after police were accused of stealing the identities of dead children, a parliamentary report urged Friday.

2013-03-01T00:32:12ZAFP European EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/02/22/Nigerias_Chukwuma_burgled_Milan_9e93

Inter Milan and Nigeria midfielder Joel Obi Chukwuma has fallen victim to burglars in Milan, according to reports Friday.

2013-02-22T11:52:18ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/02/22/Magistrate_rule_Pistorius_bail_7b85

Pretoria Magistrate Desmond Nair announced on Friday that he will rule on Oscar Pistorius's bail application around 2:30 pm (1230 GMT), on the fourth day of court arguments.

2013-02-22T10:26:09ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/02/20/Pistorius_fought_with_lover_before_d310

Witnesses heard arguing, a woman screaming and gunfire at the house of "Blade Runner" Oscar Pistorius the night he shot dead his model girlfriend, police told a South African court Wednesday.

2013-02-20T16:12:43ZAFP Global Editionby Johannes Myburghtag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/02/20/Pistorius_fought_with_lover_before_5cb8

Witnesses claimed they heard arguing, a woman screaming and gunfire at the house of "Blade Runner" Oscar Pistorius the night he shot dead his model girlfriend, police told a South African court Wednesday.

2013-02-20T14:29:06ZAFP Global Editionby Johannes Myburghtag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/02/20/Pistorius_fought_non-stop_with_girlfriend_ffba

"Blade Runner" Oscar Pistorius returned to court Wednesday to hear explosive allegations that he fought "non-stop" with his slain girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on the night of her killing.

2013-02-20T10:27:20ZAFP Global Editionby Johannes Myburghtag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/02/20/Pistorius_back_court_fight_bail_eb40

"Blade Runner" Oscar Pistorius returned to court Wednesday facing a tough fight to win bail, with the prosecution set to call on police evidence to flesh out charges he deliberately murdered his girlfriend on Valentine's Day.

2013-02-20T08:25:29ZAFP Global Editionby Johannes Myburghtag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/02/14/Blade_Runner_Pistorius_charged_girlfriends_e7f3

South African police held Olympic amputee sprint star Oscar Pistorius in custody Thursday after charging him with the Valentine's Day murder of his model girlfriend, who was shot four times with a gun registered in his name.

2013-02-14T20:13:36ZAFP Global Editionby Jean Lioutag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/02/14/Blade_Runner_Pistorius_charged_with_8366

South African police Thursday charged Olympic amputee sprint star Oscar Pistorius with the Valentine's Day murder of his model girlfriend, who was shot four times with a gun registered to the popular athlete.

2013-02-14T19:15:12ZAFP Global Editionby Jean Lioutag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/02/14/Runner_Pistorius_charged_with_girlfriends_449f

South African police Thursday charged Olympic amputee sprint star Oscar Pistorius with the Valentine's Day murder of his model girlfriend, who was shot four times with a gun registered to the popular athlete.

2013-02-14T16:59:48ZAFP Global Editionby Jean Lioutag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/02/14/Pistorius_charged_with_girlfriends_murder_66b2

South African police on Thursday charged Olympic amputee sprint star Oscar Pistorius with the Valentine's Day murder of his glamorous model girlfriend, but played down reports she was mistaken for a burglar.

2013-02-14T14:58:06ZAFP Global Editionby Jean Lioutag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/02/12/Pink_Panthers_face_trial_over_0474

Two Serbian alleged members of the "Pink Panther" gang of international jewel thieves are to face trial in Switzerland for heists there, police said on Tuesday.

2013-02-12T16:44:02ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/01/30/Burglars_threaten_nine-year-old_with_a3cc

Burglars held an axe to the neck of a nine-year-old boy in the West Midlands as they demanded the family's high-performance car, his father said on Wednesday.

2013-01-30T10:23:11ZAFP European EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/01/29/French_crooner_Trenets_heir_loses_bc50

A court on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit by French singer-songwriter Charles Trenet's former secretary and sole heir against a Danish firm he accused of stealing valuable objects and memorabilia.

2013-01-29T19:15:53ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/01/24/Stockholm_museum_display_recovered_Matisse_b74a

Stockholm's Museum of Modern Art said Thursday it will put on display this weekend "Le Jardin", a Matisse painting stolen 25 years ago and returned to Sweden this week.

2013-01-24T18:25:32ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/01/23/Stolen_Matisse_returns_Sweden_mystery_8f4c

Stockholm's Museum of Modern Art celebrated Wednesday the return of a Matisse painting stolen 25 years ago, but details about the theft and where the work has been for a quarter-century remain shrouded in mystery.

2013-01-23T18:46:56ZAFP Global Editionby Camille Bas-Wohlerttag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/01/23/Matisse_thieves_sentenced_Miami_6a30

A US federal court handed down prison terms to an American man and a Mexican woman for trying to sell a $3 million Henri Matisse painting stolen from a Venezuelan museum.

2013-01-23T10:13:44ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reporter