The Dresden Green Vault Heist

In the early hours of November 25, 2019, thieves broke into the Green Vault museum in Dresden, Germany — one of the oldest museums in the world — and stole 21 pieces of priceless 18th-century Saxon royal jewelry set with diamonds, rubies, and emeralds. The heist took less than five minutes. Six members of a Berlin crime clan were arrested in 2020. In 2022, some of the jewelry was returned as part of a plea deal, but several irreplaceable pieces remain missing.