[note: just to make sure the point is made, the giant coin pictured below was not taken during the Green Vault heist but from an earlier theft in Berlin to which the investigators saw similarities]
Amazing that the pieces were still intact.
From the AP via euronews, December 17:
German authorities said Saturday that they have recovered a significant part of the 18th-century treasures stolen from Dresden's Green Vault museum in a spectacular break-in more than three years ago.
Prosecutors and police said in a statement that they secured 31 items in Berlin overnight, including “several pieces that appear to be complete.” They were taken to Dresden, more than 160 kilometers away, where police and then officials from the authority that oversees the city's art collections plan to check their authenticity and examine whether they are intact.
Some prominent items are still missing, authorities said.
Saturday's statement gave no details of where exactly the items were found and in what circumstances.
But they said that the find was preceded by exploratory talks between prosecutors and the defense in an ongoing trial over the theft on a possible agreement that would include the return of stolen items. They added that they can give no further information ahead of the next trial session scheduled for Tuesday....
....MUCH MORE
Previously:December 19, 2019
SCMP: "Leads on Dresden jewel heist suggest Arab clan involvement"
First up, the South China Morning Post, December 13:
Investigators seeking links to theft of 100kg (220lb) gold coin – the Big Maple Leaf – from Berlin museum in 2017
Investigators probing a sensational heist of antique jewellery from Dresden's Green Vault Museum last month have in their sights Berlin-based criminal clans with an Arab background, a newspaper report said on Thursday.
And from Der Spiegel, December 2:In addition, a known clan member was found guilty recently of breaking into the premises of a company in Bavaria that makes the devices, the newspaper said....MOREThe burglars had made use of an hydraulic spreading tool of the kind used by emergency services, several of which had gone missing from the Berlin fire services, the Berliner Morgenpost newspaper reported.
Experts Fear Thieves Will Recut and Sell Diamond Treasures
The recent theft of priceless jewels from an important collection in Dresden has cast light on the problem facing many museums today: security. Did the Grüne Gewölbe make the thieves' job too easy? And what is likely to happen to the looted treasures? By DER SPIEGEL Staff
And December 23, 2020
And In Other Gigantic Theft News....
Although what the authorities said at the time was that the value of the
jewels was inestimable, the press immediately glommed onto a billion
whatevers, dollars, euros, pounds.*
*Seriously, how do you put a price on stuff like a diamond encrusted sword hilt :
