German thieves steal up to $105m in ‘Ocean’s Eleven’ heist: What we know

Al JazeeraCenterEN 4 min read 100% complete by Sarah ShamimDecember 31, 2025 at 01:24 PM

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During the Christmas holiday in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, thieves broke into a Sparkasse bank branch, stealing an estimated $11.8 million to $105.7 million from safe deposit boxes. The robbers accessed the underground vault by drilling through a concrete wall from an adjacent parking garage. They then forced open approximately 3,000 of the bank's 3,250 safe deposit boxes, making off with cash, gold, and jewelry. Police were alerted by a fire alarm on Monday, but the exact timing of the robbery is unknown. The thieves remain at large, with security footage showing a black Audi RS 6 leaving the scene.

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Audi RS 6 30% Thomas Nowaczyk 30% Dusseldorf 40% AFP ×240% German police 60% North Rhine-Westphalia ×270% Sparkasse bank ×270% Gelsenkirchen ×380% Germany ×390%

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