https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A Swiss court on Friday revealed for the first time that an armoured truck had been robbed in Thunstetten, in the canton of Bern. https://www.thelocal.ch/20191208/45-million-francs-stolen-from-armoured-car-in-bern Sun, 08 Dec 2019 17:54:59 +0100 45-million-francs-stolen-from-armoured-car-in-bern French police have arrested a cash van driver and his daughter, who claimed she was held to ransom while a gang robbed millions from her father's vehicle in Switzerland, police sources said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180213/driver-daughter-in-french-cash-van-kidnap-heist-arrested Tue, 13 Feb 2018 13:50:40 +0100 driver-daughter-in-french-cash-van-kidnap-heist-arrested Belgian public prosecutors have called for suspected members of a gang of thieves who disguised themselves as police and stole diamonds, gold bars and other gems worth over 50 million francs from a Helvetic Airways plane in Brussels in 2013 to be jailed for up to eight years. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180205/suspects-behind-daring-helvetic-diamond-heist-facing-eight-years-in-prison Mon, 05 Feb 2018 11:47:21 +0100 suspects-behind-daring-helvetic-diamond-heist-facing-eight-years-in-prison Five years after the spectacular theft of diamonds from a Helvetic Airways plane, operator Swiss International Air Lines is demanding 48.4 million francs in compensation. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180202/swiss-airline-claims-millions-in-compensation-over-diamond-heist Fri, 02 Feb 2018 09:37:54 +0100 swiss-airline-claims-millions-in-compensation-over-diamond-heist Two men made off with half a million euros' worth of luxury watches after threatening staff at the central Paris offices of Swiss watchmaker Girard-Perregaux with tear gas, police said. https://www.thelocal.ch/20161021/swiss-luxury-watches-stolen-in-paris-raid Fri, 21 Oct 2016 10:24:11 +0200 swiss-luxury-watches-stolen-in-paris-raid A woman was tied up and injured by three burglars in her home in the canton of Basel-City on Tuesday morning. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160824/basel-woman-tied-up-and-robbed-in-own-home Wed, 24 Aug 2016 11:48:10 +0200 basel-woman-tied-up-and-robbed-in-own-home Police are appealing for witnesses after armed, masked men robbed a hotel in Weggis on the shore of Lake Lucerne. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160407/lucerne-hotel-worker-tied-up-by-armed-robbers Thu, 07 Apr 2016 14:35:42 +0200 lucerne-hotel-worker-tied-up-by-armed-robbers Switzerland was a safer place last year with fewer crimes committed overall, but the west of the country bucked the trend. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160322/crime-rate-higher-in-western-switzerland-report Tue, 22 Mar 2016 09:00:00 +0100 crime-rate-higher-in-western-switzerland-report Police have arrested three men who held up a watch and jewellery shop in Vevey and assaulted its staff before fleeing without stealing anything. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150820/vevey-jeweller-hurt-in-fruitless-hold-up Thu, 20 Aug 2015 14:35:53 +0200 vevey-jeweller-hurt-in-fruitless-hold-up Three Israelis and a Serbian suspected of belonging to the Pink Panthers gang and linked to a Swiss armed robbery were arrested in Vienna with stolen luxury watches and jewellery worth €500,000, Austrian police said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150210/pink-panther-fences-arrested-in-vienna-2 Tue, 10 Feb 2015 20:04:00 +0100 pink-panther-fences-arrested-in-vienna-2 Vaud cantonal police on Thursday sought help from the public in tracking down three men suspected of armed robbery at a jewellery shop in Montreux. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150115/police-track-montreux-jewellery-shop-robbers Thu, 15 Jan 2015 22:36:00 +0100 police-track-montreux-jewellery-shop-robbers Bern police are seeking witnesses after a bizarre robbery involving 50 masked gunmen at an alternative culture centre in the Swiss capital at the weekend. https://www.thelocal.ch/20141028/bern-police-track-clues-over-50-gunmen Wed, 29 Oct 2014 00:17:00 +0100 bern-police-track-clues-over-50-gunmen Two armed robbers raided a jewellery store on Zurich's posh Bahnhofstrasse in broad daylight Tuesday, making off with jewellery and watches worth more than $110,000, police said. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140204/robbers-raid-posh-zurich-jewellery-boutique Tue, 04 Feb 2014 21:00:31 +0100 robbers-raid-posh-zurich-jewellery-boutique Police are investigating after a 22-year-old employee at a branch of McDonalds in the northern Swiss town of Abtwil was shot and injured during an attempted burglary at the fast food chain on Sunday morning, Swiss media reported. https://www.thelocal.ch/20131223/man-shot-at-mcdonalds-during-attempted-break-in Mon, 23 Dec 2013 12:30:00 +0100 man-shot-at-mcdonalds-during-attempted-break-in Crooks who claimed to be holding hostage the family of a man employed at a UBS branch in downtown Geneva on Tuesday demanded and obtained a reported ransom of one million francs from the bank employee. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130924/ubs-employee-extorted-via-family-threat Tue, 24 Sep 2013 22:23:00 +0200 ubs-employee-extorted-via-family-threat