Tag: Antwerp
Exhibition: Auctioned T. rex skeleton to go to Antwerp
Exhibition Auctioned T. rex skeleton to go to Antwerp The T. rex skeleton auctioned in Zurich is to be exhibited in Antwerp. photo © Michael Buholzer/KEYSTONE/dpa Who bid on the…
Antwerp: The greatest diamond theft of all time
20 years ago, the biggest theft of precious stones to date took place in Antwerp. Several men broke into the diamond center, breaking into more than 100 lockers and escaping…
Antwerp: 11-year-old girl shot dead in drug-related crimes
Antwerp Eleven-year-old girl shot and killed in suspected crime in drug milieu Police officers stand guard at the crime scene in Antwerp’s Merksem district © Kristof Van Accom / BELGA…
Record cocaine seizures in the Flemish port of Antwerp
This is the first time that more than 100 tonnes have been recovered in one year. Belgian authorities announced on Tuesday that cocaine seizures in the Flemish port have broken…
Nearly 110 tonnes seized in 2022 in Antwerp, a new record
It snows more in Antwerp than in the ski resorts. Nearly 110 tonnes of cocaine were seized by Belgian authorities in 2022 in the port of Antwerp, the first gateway…
11-year-old girl killed in Antwerp
The little girl would have received the fragments of a microwave oven, which exploded under the impact of bullets which targeted a house in this port city of Belgium. An…
11-year-old girl killed in Antwerp
An 11-year-old girl was killed Monday in a house in Antwerp, Belgium, by a gunshot that could be linked to intimidation or settling scores between drug traffickers, according to authorities.…
Fraud for robbery from the Green Vault in Dresden – culture
An alleged diamond dealer from Antwerp wants to bring back looted goods from the Green Vault. But with the cash he gets for it from the museum, he runs away.…
After breaking into the Green Vault: 54-year-old arrested
A man has been arrested in the Netherlands in connection with the 2019 burglary in the Green Vault. The 54-year-old is suspected of having defrauded the Dresden State Art Collections…
Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp: smash and reassemble
Antwerp’s Royal Museum of Fine Arts has undergone a spectacular €100 million makeover – one tour. source site