Thirty-three sketches and drawings made by Pablo Picasso from 1917-1924 were stolen from a first-floor unlocked case at the Picasso Museum in Paris, police announced Tuesday 9 June. The sketches are valued at $11 million and are believed to have disappeared between late Monday and early Tuesday. The museum is currently undergoing major renovation work and security is reportedly weak. BBC, afp/Google, Fre
Lake Geneva region (GenevaLunch) – Police in Vaud and Geneva are warning that there has been a rapid increase in break-ins of homes in the region in recent weeks.
Lloyd’s of London is offering up to $1 million as a reward to the first person who helps them find Harry Winston’s missing jewels, worth $108m. It’s the second high stakes robbery in 2008 at the same Paris boutique of the jeweler. Background story, Bloomberg
Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – It’s not just investors who are having a bad money day: two thieves in Geneva were caught redhanded as they were rummaging through a woman’s bag they had stolen in a restaurant across from the Cornavin train station.
Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Police Tuesday arrested 22 people, Moldavians and Russians, in Lausanne, Pully and Geneva, for a series of thefts in the region. Fourteen men and eight women were arrested, aged 19-55. Four people were released at the end of the day.
A large quantity of stolen goods including four cars, were found. One car had been stolen the night before, according to police in Vaud. The theft ring has been based in three apartments in Lausanne and two in Geneva. Several police groups from the three cities worked together for a number of weeks to track the suspects.
