https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Two officers have been killed in a shootout at a police headquarters building in the northern Italian city of Trieste. https://www.thelocal.it/20191005/italy-two-officers-shot-dead-as-robbers-attempt-escape-of-trieste-police-headquarters Sat, 05 Oct 2019 15:02:22 +0200 italy-two-officers-shot-dead-as-robbers-attempt-escape-of-trieste-police-headquarters Italian police are hunting a gang of armed robbers who blocked a motorway near Bari with burning trucks, and used diggers to tear open a security van to steal €2.3 million in cash. https://www.thelocal.it/20190104/armed-gang-use-diggers-to-rip-open-security-van-near-bari Fri, 04 Jan 2019 11:44:11 +0100 armed-gang-use-diggers-to-rip-open-security-van-near-bari Italian police said they caught a criminal gang on Tuesday that had been plotting to steal the body of Formula One racing pioneer Enzo Ferrari for ransom. https://www.thelocal.it/20170329/italian-police-foil-plot-to-steal-ferraris-body-for-ransom Wed, 29 Mar 2017 10:46:32 +0200 italian-police-foil-plot-to-steal-ferraris-body-for-ransom Italian police were left red-faced on Friday after thieves robbed a bank despite warnings from local residents that they could hear a tunnel being dug, according to media reports. https://www.thelocal.it/20160812/italy-bank-thieves-in-audacious-tunnel-escape Fri, 12 Aug 2016 22:43:08 +0200 italy-bank-thieves-in-audacious-tunnel-escape When an armed robber walked into a newsagent's, his face covered and brandishing a pistol, this shopkeeper was not willing to hand over the contents of his till without first putting up a fight. https://www.thelocal.it/20160408/this-italian-shopkeeper-scared-off-an-armed-robber-using-sweets Fri, 08 Apr 2016 19:27:02 +0200 this-italian-shopkeeper-scared-off-an-armed-robber-using-sweets Napoli star Lorenzo Insigne has become the latest in a long line of players from the Serie A club to be robbed at gunpoint, according to reports on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160228/italian-football-star-robbed-at-gunpoint Sun, 28 Feb 2016 17:46:58 +0100 italian-football-star-robbed-at-gunpoint The uninhabited Budelli island, off Sardinia, is famous for its pink sandy beach, a beach which is now slightly sandier, thanks to a tourist who has seen the error of her ways - after 29 years. https://www.thelocal.it/20160225/thief-returns-stolen-sand-to-sardinia-beach Thu, 25 Feb 2016 16:15:53 +0100 thief-returns-stolen-sand-to-sardinia-beach Which city is worst for vandalism, and where are you most likely to be a victim of pickpocketing? Figures from Istat reveal the picture of crime across the country. https://www.thelocal.it/20160222/see-where-crimes-take-place-in-italy Mon, 22 Feb 2016 10:55:59 +0100 see-where-crimes-take-place-in-italy A 29-year-old illegal immigrant will be given a residency permit after foiling an attempted armed robbery at a supermarket in Turin. https://www.thelocal.it/20160122/illegal-migrant-gets-residency-permit-for-foiling-armed-robbery Fri, 22 Jan 2016 16:21:39 +0100 illegal-migrant-gets-residency-permit-for-foiling-armed-robbery Italian police have caught a gang accused of stealing parmesan wheels worth €785,000, in robberies that went on for more than a year. https://www.thelocal.it/20150925/italian-cheese-gang-rob-785k-of-parmesan Fri, 25 Sep 2015 12:24:42 +0200 italian-cheese-gang-rob-785k-of-parmesan A British tourist has been mugged at lightning speed in Naples, where robbers snatched his €35,000 watch as soon as their victim stepped out of a taxi. https://www.thelocal.it/20150903/video-british-tourist-mugged-of-35k-watch Thu, 03 Sep 2015 13:02:15 +0200 video-british-tourist-mugged-of-35k-watch A Japanese tourist and his wife were robbed in central Naples after a man offered him a coffee spiked with a sedative, Italian media has reported. https://www.thelocal.it/20150629/italian-thief-drugs-tourists-coffee-with-sedative Mon, 29 Jun 2015 16:33:54 +0200 italian-thief-drugs-tourists-coffee-with-sedative Two men have been arrested after robbing a supermarket in southern Italy, only to discover the hold-up coincided with the patrol of an anti-theft police squad. https://www.thelocal.it/20150428/thieves-rob-supermarket-in-front-of-police Tue, 28 Apr 2015 14:00:38 +0200 thieves-rob-supermarket-in-front-of-police Police in northern Italy on Tuesday arrested 52 people accused of 55 armed robberies as well as kidnapping, international drug trafficking, blackmail and theft. https://www.thelocal.it/20150303/italian-police-arrest-52-for-armed-robberies Tue, 03 Mar 2015 11:09:00 +0100 italian-police-arrest-52-for-armed-robberies A band of elderly thieves on bicycles has allegedly robbed a pharmacy in central Italy, armed with toy guns. https://www.thelocal.it/20150211/italian-pensioners-rob-chemist-with-toy-guns Wed, 11 Feb 2015 14:17:00 +0100 italian-pensioners-rob-chemist-with-toy-guns A pizzeria owner in southern Italy has told The Local of the moment robbers burst into his restaurant and fired at the cashier, only for the gun to jam. The case has been described as a "miracle" by police. https://www.thelocal.it/20140909/pizzeria-robbery-miracle-as-gun-jams Tue, 09 Sep 2014 20:06:00 +0200 pizzeria-robbery-miracle-as-gun-jams Two thieves who robbed a courthouse ATM of €20,000, without being spotted by security, have been traced thanks to a clue found on water bottles left at the crime scene. https://www.thelocal.it/20140307/water-bottles-hold-secret-to-courthouse-heist Fri, 07 Mar 2014 13:59:00 +0100 water-bottles-hold-secret-to-courthouse-heist A group of robbers fleeced tens of thousands from tourists in Rome by using a distraction technique: spilling mustard on their targets' clothes. https://www.thelocal.it/20140117/mustard-gang-of-robbers-arrested-in-rome Fri, 17 Jan 2014 14:08:00 +0100 mustard-gang-of-robbers-arrested-in-rome A man attempted to steal over €1,000 from a convent in the Genoa area, but failed to take into account the quick reaction of the nuns. https://www.thelocal.it/20140107/nuns-thwart Tue, 07 Jan 2014 14:01:00 +0100 nuns-thwart In a scene reminiscent of a Hollywood film, thieves wearing masks of Silvio Berlusconi and Grandma Duck, a Disney cartoon character, held up an amusement arcade in Sardinia. https://www.thelocal.it/20131227/robber-raids-arcade-wearing-berlusconi-masks Fri, 27 Dec 2013 14:55:00 +0100 robber-raids-arcade-wearing-berlusconi-masks