Fem i rånarligan ”Rosa Pantrarna” gripna
Fem personer som tros vara medlemmar i den ökända rånarligan ”Rosa Pantrarna” har gripits i Barcelona i samband med ett rån mot en juvelerare. Både tyska och serbiska myndigheter har varit delaktiga i aktionen, skriver BBC. De gripna rånarna uppges komma från Östeuropa.
Interpol misstänker att rånarligan, som ibland uppges omfatta hundratals personer, har utfört minst 380 väpnade rån under åren 1999-2015.
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Wikipedia (en)
Named after The Pink Panther series of crime comedy films, Pink Panthers is the name given by Interpol to an international jewel thief network, composed of Ex-Yugoslavs from Bosnia, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia Vojislav Stanimirović who is responsible for some of the most audacious thefts in criminal history. They are responsible for what have been termed some of the most glamorous heists ever, and one criminologist even described their crimes as "artistry". They have targeted several countries and continents, and include Japan's most successful robbery ever amongst their thefts. A film documentary based upon their thefts, Smash & Grab, was released in 2013.
Some law enforcement agencies suspect that the group is responsible for over US$500 million in gold robberies in Dubai, Switzerland, Japan, France, Liechtenstein, Germany, Luxembourg, Spain and Monaco. Law enforcement authorities suspect their involvement in the robbery of the jewellery store Harry Winston in Paris, on 9 December 2008. The thieves escaped with more than €80 million worth of jewellery.
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