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| Some of the beautiful jade objects stolen from the Fitzwilliam, used several times to illustrate headlines in the BBC News reports/udates. |
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| The white Cadillac van that, despite intensive searches, has not been found since the date of the Fitzwilliam theft. |
April 28, 2012
Fitzwilliam Museum £18m theft: Appeal posters and hotline set up
April 30, 2012
Fitzwilliam theft: Museum appeals for return of art
May 1, 2012
Fitzwilliam Museum theft: New CCTV images released
May 2, 2012
Fitzwilliam Museum Chinese art theft: Two held in London
Detectives investigating the theft of
Chinese art from the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge have arrested two
people.
A 28-year-old man and 15-year-old boy were arrested earlier at addresses in east London by officers from Cambridgeshire and the Metropolitan Police.
A number of other addresses in London are being searched.
May 4, 2012
Fitzwilliam Museum steps up security for Chinese art show
(I thought this was rather funny!)
May 8, 2012
Fitzwilliam Museum Chinese art theft: Third arrest
A 31-year-old man from London is the third person to be
arrested in connection with a burglary at the Fitzwilliam Museum in
Cambridge.
Police investigating the raid at the museum said the man had been arrested on suspicion of money laundering.
May 9, 2012
Fitzwilliam Museum Chinese art theft: Third man bailed
Of note was the increase of the estimated value of the stolen objects: now from between 18-40 million pounds.
May 11, 2012
Fitzwilliam Museum theft: New CCTV images of white van
That is up to the most recent. Not much. The reports are brief, certainly not like U.S. press reports would be on such a sensational crime! We only know the ages of the arrested suspects, not their names. Since I did not see an article reporting that the two people (one a minor) arrested on May 2, 2012 have not "been bailed," I assume they are still in custody. The third person arrested was "bailed" - and what, exactly, does money laundering have to do with these thefts?
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