https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed French police are searching for a team of robbers who stole thousands of euros' worth of jewels and luxury clothing in a nighttime raid at a plush hotel in Paris. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190405/axe-wielding-robbers-steal-40k-of-jewels-from-luxury-paris-hotel Fri, 05 Apr 2019 11:34:45 +0200 axe-wielding-robbers-steal-40k-of-jewels-from-luxury-paris-hotel The driver of a French cash delivery van who made off with about three million euros ($3.2 million) was charged and remanded in custody on Saturday, prosecutors said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190217/french-cash-van-driver-who-drove-off-with-charged-32-mln Sun, 17 Feb 2019 10:36:55 +0100 french-cash-van-driver-who-drove-off-with-charged-32-mln An 18th-century cello worth more than a million euros was returned to an award-winning French musician on Saturday after she was robbed at knifepoint in a Paris suburb earlier in the week. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180218/stolen-1-million-cello-returned-to-french-musician Sun, 18 Feb 2018 03:04:59 +0100 stolen-1-million-cello-returned-to-french-musician An award-winning French musician was robbed at knifepoint of her 18th-century cello, worth more than a million euros, outside her home in a Paris suburb on Thursday evening. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180216/french-musician-robbed-of-1-million-cello-at-knifepoint Fri, 16 Feb 2018 15:50:10 +0100 french-musician-robbed-of-1-million-cello-at-knifepoint An armed man has been arrested after attempting to rob a bank near one of Paris's most famous tourist sites, the Arc de Triomphe on Friday morning. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180216/paris-man-attempts-bank-heist-near-arc-de-triomphe Fri, 16 Feb 2018 14:07:18 +0100 paris-man-attempts-bank-heist-near-arc-de-triomphe An attack on a group of Chinese tourists in a Paris suburb has led to fresh fears over the safety of holidaymakers in the French capital. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171106/chinese-tourists-tear-gassed-and-robbed-outside-paris Mon, 06 Nov 2017 11:49:43 +0100 chinese-tourists-tear-gassed-and-robbed-outside-paris Their first heist, on a De Beers jewellery store, went off perfectly but three audacious thieves were handed hefty jail terms by a Paris court on Friday, after attempting to repeat the feat more than a year later. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170930/french-jewel-thieves-jailed-despite-perfect-crime Sat, 30 Sep 2017 11:23:32 +0200 french-jewel-thieves-jailed-despite-perfect-crime A Russian businessman attending the Paris Air Show and his female driver were attacked in a Paris suburb after chasing thieves into a housing estate, according to reports. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170622/russian-official-mugged-paris-air-show-mugged Thu, 22 Jun 2017 12:36:51 +0200 russian-official-mugged-paris-air-show-mugged Two men armed with a club have got away with €900,000 loot after robbing a luxury watch shop in Paris, according to reports. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170509/armed-thieves-take-900000-in-jewels-from-shop-near-champs-lyses Tue, 09 May 2017 14:55:50 +0200 armed-thieves-take-900000-in-jewels-from-shop-near-champs-lyses The Americans were targeted by robbers in an underground car park at the plush Place Vendôme, reports say. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170310/two-americans-robbed-of-400000-jewels-in-plush-paris-neighbourhood Fri, 10 Mar 2017 13:58:16 +0100 two-americans-robbed-of-400000-jewels-in-plush-paris-neighbourhood A Russian couple have been robbed of jewellery and luxury goods worth some €100,000 on a stretch of Parisian motorway that is growing notorious for robberies of the wealthy. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170223/paris-thieves-nab-100000-from-tourists-in-highway-robbery Thu, 23 Feb 2017 09:27:12 +0100 paris-thieves-nab-100000-from-tourists-in-highway-robbery A French newspaper on Sunday published Kim Kardashian's testimony to police of how a robber threatened her at gunpoint when she refused to hand over a ring worth millions of dollars https://www.thelocal.fr/20170115/robber-pulled-gun-on-me-kardashian-told-french-police Sun, 15 Jan 2017 18:59:48 +0100 robber-pulled-gun-on-me-kardashian-told-french-police Six more suspects in the October armed robbery in Paris of US television reality star Kim Kardashian were charged Friday including the alleged mastermind of the spectacular heist, prosecutors said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170114/paris-police-arrest-kardashian-jewel-heist-ringleader Sat, 14 Jan 2017 08:31:44 +0100 paris-police-arrest-kardashian-jewel-heist-ringleader Details are emerging about the 17 people arrested on Monday over the Paris robbery of US megastar Kim Kardashian, including some fairly elderly known criminals. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170110/grandad-gangsters-who-was-arrested-over-kardashian-robbery Tue, 10 Jan 2017 14:38:43 +0100 grandad-gangsters-who-was-arrested-over-kardashian-robbery There were millions of crimes reported in France in 2016, and here’s where they happened. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170103/heres-where-youre-most-likely-to-get-robbed-in-france Tue, 03 Jan 2017 16:31:09 +0100 heres-where-youre-most-likely-to-get-robbed-in-france Armed gunmen are on the run after pinching 70kg in gold from an armoured van, according to reports. https://www.thelocal.fr/20161212/armed-thieves-steal-25-million-in-gold-in-central-france Mon, 12 Dec 2016 13:57:32 +0100 armed-thieves-steal-25-million-in-gold-in-central-france Two sisters were fleeced of €5 million worth of jewellery during a highway robbery in Paris on Monday night, police have said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20161122/two-qatari-women-robbed-on-paris-motorway-in-5m-heist Tue, 22 Nov 2016 12:24:38 +0100 two-qatari-women-robbed-on-paris-motorway-in-5m-heist One of India’s most famous actresses and sex symbols was tear gassed and roughed up by three men in her Paris apartment block, it was reported on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20161117/indian-film-star-mallika-sherawat-attacked-in-paris-apartment Thu, 17 Nov 2016 10:31:18 +0100 indian-film-star-mallika-sherawat-attacked-in-paris-apartment 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.fr/20161021/paris-thieves-use-tear-gas-to-steal-500000-of-watches Fri, 21 Oct 2016 11:53:36 +0200 paris-thieves-use-tear-gas-to-steal-500000-of-watches A Qatari tourist was mugged of her €50,000 watch near the Champs Elysées on Thursday night. https://www.thelocal.fr/20161014/paris-thieves-pinch-qatari-tourists-50k-watch Fri, 14 Oct 2016 14:59:44 +0200 paris-thieves-pinch-qatari-tourists-50k-watch