Europol’s report on ‘Museum Heists’ reveals increasingly violent and organised thefts, with criminals targeting high-value artefacts, precious metals and gemstones for lucrative resale through illicit markets

The report also identifies a changing criminal landscape, with ad-hoc groups recruited through social media and offenders from other criminal markets becoming involved because museum heists can offer potentially high profits. These crimes increasingly involve cross-border organised crime networks and illegal trafficking of cultural goods, requiring stronger international cooperation and intelligence sharing…