Copper Thieves Leave Hundreds Without Phone Service In Florida
Authorities say about 300 residents in southwest Florida are without phone service after thieves pulled copper from telephone utility boxes. WT news feed
View ArticleUsed kitchen grease is thieves’ latest target.
The leftover cooking oil, yellow grease, is the easiest material to turn into biodiesel. And as the alternative fuel’s popularity has increased, so has its selling price, making it a target for thieves...
View ArticleAfghanistan’s fabulous ruby mines plundered by thieves.
Only a few hours’ drive from the Afghan capital Kabul is an area renowned for some of the world’s brightest and most valuable rubies. But this wealth is being plundered by thieves, corrupt officials...
View ArticleBruce Springsteen calls bankers ‘greedy thieves’ at concert in Berlin
Bruce Springsteen touched on a nerve of widespread discontent with the financiers and bankers at a Berlin concert on Wednesday, railing against them as “greedy thieves” and “robber barons.” bertb news...
View ArticleGermany: Alliance against the metal thieves.
Trains delayed for hours, telephone lines and internet connections down – large scale theft of metal affects consumers and businesses alike. Now big companies have teamed up to catch the criminals...
View ArticleSpanish supermarket thieves: Robin Hoods or robbing hoods?
Unemployed activists and union members stormed into two supermarkets, one in Ecija (Sevilla) and one in Arcos de la Frontera (Cadiz) to fill up trolleys with basic food supplies in order to feed the...
View ArticleAustralia: McDonald’s instals a DNA deterrent spray against thieves that...
McDonald’s is installing a spray in more than 700 stores which covers thieves in DNA linking them to a specific crime for several months, it has emerged. The fast food giant is taking the drastic...
View ArticleIran unveils machine for amputating thieves.
How primitive! I am sure someone in the free west can come up with a more efficient and lethal looking machine. bertb news feed
View ArticleThieves steal entire bridge in western Turkey.
The 22-ton bridge, which was 25 meters long, was in a village in Kocaeli’s Gölçük district and was regularly used by villagers to cross a creek to reach their orchards. The villagers were...
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