Theft

Two brothers aged 43 and 49 years old, respectively, face criminal charges, including for endangering public safety, after allegedly stealing a railroad tie.

The metal tie was stolen from a Hellenic Railways (OSE) storage facility on the Veria-Edessa line in northern Greece and found in the trunk of the brothers' car, the Athens-Macedonian News Agency reported on Thursday.

Police say they have identified three members of an international crime gang who were behind the theft of the contents five safe deposit boxes from an Athens bank in July 2022.

The robbery took place in July 2022 in the Nea Smyrni suburb.

International prosecuting authorities also contributed to the investigation.

The theft of materials from transport networks, especially the railway, will once again be deemed a criminal offense, the justice minister has said.

A specialized police operation is underway in the Varna village of Sindel following the rape of a 73-year-old woman there two days ago.

215 motor vehicles and 431 people were checked by authorities. Three were detained - for theft from railway infrastructure, for household theft and one for driving a car without a driver's license.

A French court has convicted eight men for the theft and handling of a Banksy painting paying homage to the victims of the 2015 attack on the Bataclan concert hall in Paris.

A Turkish woman was among 41 people who allegedly took part in a massive retail theft in New York.

They were charged for their roles in this crime ring that stole luxury clothing and goods and thousands of items from drug stores that were then resold on eBay, New York Mayor Eric Adams and New York Attorney General Letitia James said in a press conference.

Police have closed their probe into alleged electricity theft for a crypto-mining operation in central Skopje - but not everyone is convinced that the report was baseless.

The former dean of Romania's Police Academy, Adrian Iacob, and his former deputy, Mihail Marcoci, have each received suspended prison sentences of three years for instigating a fellow officer to blackmail a journalist who had revealed corruption at the institution.

What information was stolen?

Two men detained for 24 hours