All news on the topic: Theft

Nestled on a quiet north London street, two of the city’s notorious pickpockets were hiding in plain sight.

Criminal gangs are buying up haulage firms to pose as truckers and steal goods by the lorryload, the BBC has learned.

From Europe to the Pacific, the Moldovan fugitive used at least six aliases and a web of forged documents - including passports from Romania, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Russia, Iraq, and Vanuatu - to move, and hide from justice.

For six years, Moldovan oligarch Vladimir Plahotniuc—suspected of involvement in the theft of $1 billion—evaded justice by crossing borders under a web of false identities spanning Europe, the Middle East, and even the Pacific, until his arrest in July 2025 at Athens International Airport.

Amy McAuley, 35, was scheduled to stand trial on charges of theft and attempted deception after she faked her own death in an effort to evade criminal charges, but she was eventually caught.

World Athletics says it has been the victim of corporate theft worth more than €1.5m (£1.3m) conducted by former staff.

The French government is facing increasing pressure concerning museum security as police continue to search for the thieves who took seven minutes to steal priceless jewels from the Louvre, the world’s most-visited museum.

Three Syrian freighters have been accused of transporting grain stolen from Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine.

A cruel and manipulative fraudster who fled to Tenerife after swindling an elderly woman out of nearly £300,000 faces a six-year sentence when she is brought back to face justice.

Veteran BBC Wales Today presenter Nick Palit and his wife narrowly escaped death in a horrific fire that destroyed their six-year home near Cardiff, after their bio-ethanol heater exploded.

A London phone snatcher dubbed “Cinderella” by police after DNA was found on his lost shoe has been jailed for 15 months.

A police officer conducting a search of a woman’s bedroom took something that wasn’t exactly evidence.

Burglars broke into store after hours and swiped boxes of the trendy doll popularized by Rihanna and other celebs

The occurrence of crimes involving digital assets is increasing rapidly, with projected losses for 2025 expected to exceed the highest years of crypto-related theft.

Two elderly women have died after a car crashed into their care home while being chased by police.

Two members of a gang involved in the audacious theft of a gold toilet valued at £4.75 million from Blenheim Palace have been sentenced to prison.

This is the incredible moment a Bridgerton star fought off a thief who stole her phone in a café.

A mother of two who stole more than £400,000 from her workplace and spent most of it on TikTok ‘tokens’ for her favorite content creators has been jailed.

A man has received a suspended sentence for his involvement in the theft of an 18-carat gold toilet worth £4.75 million from Blenheim Palace.

In the United Kingdom, authorities have reported a significant rise in thefts targeting collectible "JellyCats 2.0" toys, also popularly known as Labubu figures.

The number of shoplifting offences recorded by police in England and Wales has passed half a million for the first time, figures show.