2019 Dresden heist

2019 Dresden heist
Native name	Grünes Gewölbe
Date	25 November 2019
Venue	The Green Vault Museum
Location	Dresden, Germany
Type	Jewelry theft
Suspects	Two unidentified individuals, of Lebanese descent (members of Arab clan)

The 2019 Dresden heist occurred in the Grünes Gewölbe (Green Vault) museum in Dresden, Saxony, Germany, on 25 November 2019. Three out of ten sets of jewelry were stolen.

The stolen items include diamond-laden breast star of the Polish Order of the White Eagle, a hat clasp with a 16-carat diamond, a diamond epaulet and a diamond-studded hilt containing nine large and 770 smaller diamonds, along with a matching scabbard.^[1]

It is the largest such theft since World War II.^[2]

References

↑ Chappell, Bill (25 November 2019). "Thieves Steal Priceless Diamonds In Heist At Dresden's 'Green Vault' Museum". NPR.org. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
↑ Kate Connolly (25 November 2019). "Jewellery of 'immeasurable worth' stolen in dramatic Dresden museum heist". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 November 2019.

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[:0-1] Chappell, Bill (25 November 2019). "Thieves Steal Priceless Diamonds In Heist At Dresden's 'Green Vault' Museum". NPR.org. Retrieved 26 November 2019.

[guardian-2] Kate Connolly (25 November 2019). "Jewellery of 'immeasurable worth' stolen in dramatic Dresden museum heist". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 November 2019.

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