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Thieves person

Named in 16 reports across 9 stories - 16 Aug – 9 Oct
16 Aug 20269 Oct 2026
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  1. BBC News Worldseen 9 Oct, 18:44headline rewrittenthe story

    Thieves steal 30,000 wine bottles worth €5m in Italy, reports sayThieves steal 30,000 bottles of wine worth €5m in Italy, reports say

  2. BBC News Worldseen 27 Aug, 23:46headline rewrittenthe story

    Thieves steal Bronze Age artifacts from Spanish museum in four-minute heistThieves steal Bronze Age artefacts from Spanish museum in four-minute heist

Closest companions, sized by how often they share a report with Thieves. Lines between the outer names are their own relationships - names that appear together even without Thieves.

Europe and Spanish museum share 2 reportsAnadolu Ajansı and Spanish museum share 2 reportsAnadolu Ajansı and Europe share 2 reportsAntonello da Messina and Italy share 1 reportCheshire and Police share 1 reportThievesSpanish museumSpanish museum - 4 shared reports (organization)EuropeEurope - 3 shared reports (place)Anadolu Aja…Anadolu Ajansı - 2 shared reports (organization)ItalyItaly - 2 shared reports (place)PolicePolice - 2 shared reports (organization)RenoirRenoir - 2 shared reports (person)Alberto FizAlberto Fiz - 1 shared report (person)Antonello d…Antonello da Messina - 1 shared report (person)CaliforniaCalifornia - 1 shared report (place)CheshireCheshire - 1 shared report (place)

The stories

German tourist stole skull from Vienna cathedral, returned it 60 years later

28 outlets2 reports name Thieves13 Aug – 18 Sept

Four 'extraordinary' Renaissance paintings stolen from Italian museum

32 outlets2 reports name Thieves16 Aug – 28 Aug

Renoir Museum robbery: Three paintings missing

43 outlets2 reports name Thieves8 Sept – 13 Sept

Thieves steal one of Europe's most important Bronze Age treasures from Spanish museum

18 outlets5 reports name Thieves27 Aug – 14 Sept

French police arrest 5 suspects over Renoir museum theft

25 outlets1 report names Thieves7 Oct – 13 Oct

Thieves steal 30,000 bottles of wine worth €5m in Italy, reports say

23 outlets1 report names Thieves9 Oct – 14 Oct

Guns, axes, explosives: violent museum heists are on the rise, says Europol

10 outlets1 report names Thieves24 Aug – 28 Aug

Thousands of cans of Pabst beer stolen in two separate heists in California

8 outlets1 report names Thieves31 Aug – 6 Sept

More than 70,000 pints of Guinness stolen from UK depot

5 outlets1 report names Thieves3 Sept – 4 Sept

Who keeps naming them

DW Top Stories3BBC News World3Google News - Europe query2Channel News Asia2The Guardian World2PBS NewsHour1Anadolu Agency (AA)1Google News - Top Stories1ABC News (Australia)1

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