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 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 Police in Terno, Campania, uncovered a spectacular hoard of over 200 stolen historical artefacts worth over €0.5 million on Wednesday, inside the lair of a local gang of art thieves. https://www.thelocal.it/20160722/italian-police-uncover-artefacts-art-thieves Fri, 22 Jul 2016 10:00:48 +0200 italian-police-uncover-artefacts-art-thieves They travelled up to Rome from Puglia to see the remains of Italy’s beloved saint, Padre Pio...but instead they broke one of the 10 commandments. https://www.thelocal.it/20160209/pilgrims-ransack-rome-flats-to-fund-padre-pio-trip Tue, 09 Feb 2016 12:38:18 +0100 pilgrims-ransack-rome-flats-to-fund-padre-pio-trip 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 Christmas trees in Naples will be adorned with locks and chains this festive season, as locals arm the firs against thieves. https://www.thelocal.it/20141212/naples-christmas-trees-padlocked-to-deter-thieves Fri, 12 Dec 2014 13:52:00 +0100 naples-christmas-trees-padlocked-to-deter-thieves Two women have been jailed for stealing bottles of wine from their local church, according to Italian media reports. https://www.thelocal.it/20141210/parishioners-jailed-for-robbing-church-wine Wed, 10 Dec 2014 17:18:00 +0100 parishioners-jailed-for-robbing-church-wine A family pretending to be French and giving off an air of sophistication managed to steal €180,000 worth of jewellery from a plush shop in Milan’s Piazza del Duomo. https://www.thelocal.it/20140424/french-family-robs-plush-italian-jewellery-shop Thu, 24 Apr 2014 15:20:00 +0200 french-family-robs-plush-italian-jewellery-shop A cemetery in southern Italy was plunged into darkness over the weekend after a trio of thieves ran off with €25,000 worth of copper from the lighting system. https://www.thelocal.it/20140324/copper-thieves-leave-cemetery-in-darkness Mon, 24 Mar 2014 12:40:00 +0100 copper-thieves-leave-cemetery-in-darkness 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 Thieves armed with toy weapons who dug a tunnel into a post office in Florence stole €70,000 on Monday after locking terrified staff in the vault. https://www.thelocal.it/20140127/thieves-rob-florence-post-office-with-toy-guns Mon, 27 Jan 2014 14:32:00 +0100 thieves-rob-florence-post-office-with-toy-guns 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 Three Moroccan men are facing up to six years between them in a Sicilian jail for stealing seven fennel - a loot worth just €5. https://www.thelocal.it/20131210/fennel-thieves-face-six-years-in-sicilian-jail Tue, 10 Dec 2013 12:13:00 +0100 fennel-thieves-face-six-years-in-sicilian-jail A man has died while trying to steal copper - one of the fastest growing crimes in Italy - from a factory in the southern Italian region of Benevento. https://www.thelocal.it/20131209/man-burns-to-death-in-attempt-to-steal-copper Mon, 09 Dec 2013 10:24:00 +0100 man-burns-to-death-in-attempt-to-steal-copper Thieves used a hoover to sweep up thousands of euros from a cash machine in the central Italian town of San Marcello, in Marche, over the weekend. https://www.thelocal.it/20131021/bank-robbers-use-hoover-to-rob-atm Mon, 21 Oct 2013 14:00:00 +0200 bank-robbers-use-hoover-to-rob-atm An off-duty policeman in Naples found himself in a gun battle with would-be thieves after he tried to foil their bingo hall robbery. https://www.thelocal.it/20131015/robbers-flee-after-naples-bingo-hall-shoot-out Tue, 15 Oct 2013 16:38:00 +0200 robbers-flee-after-naples-bingo-hall-shoot-out Perhaps they’d run out of the famed chocolate and hazelnut spread, but three thieves were so determined to get their hands on a jar by morning they broke into a lorry stocked with €200,000 worth of Nutella as it was parked at a service station outside Rome. https://www.thelocal.it/20131010/thieves-attempt-200000-nutella-heist-as-trucker-snoozes Thu, 10 Oct 2013 12:46:00 +0200 thieves-attempt-200000-nutella-heist-as-trucker-snoozes While most criminals are determined to stay out of prison, thieves thought one jail in northern Italy was the perfect place to break in - and out of. https://www.thelocal.it/20130919/robbers-steal-thousands-in-jail-break-in Thu, 19 Sep 2013 14:38:00 +0200 robbers-steal-thousands-in-jail-break-in Their attempt to rob one bank was foiled, but that didn't stop a Naples crime duo from robbing another and making away with the bank manager's €2,500 watch. https://www.thelocal.it/20130910/video-escaped-teens-rob-bank-steal-managers-designer-watch Tue, 10 Sep 2013 14:09:00 +0200 video-escaped-teens-rob-bank-steal-managers-designer-watch Thieves in the southern city of Brindisi used a bulldozer to break into a supermarket safe early on Monday morning, getting away with more than €100,000 ($132,530), Italian media reported. https://www.thelocal.it/20130805/italian-robbers-bulldoze-their-way-to-100000 Mon, 05 Aug 2013 15:44:00 +0200 italian-robbers-bulldoze-their-way-to-100000 The British Embassy has warned music fans heading to festivals and concerts across Italy this summer to keep their possessions safe from thieves. https://www.thelocal.it/20130617/british-gig-goers-told-to-be-vigilant-at-festivals-in-italy Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:23:00 +0200 british-gig-goers-told-to-be-vigilant-at-festivals-in-italy