Authorities Make Arrests in $1.2 B. Dresden Jewel Theft

Almost exactly a year after three 18th-century jewelry sets estimated to be worth some €1 billion (around $1.2 billion) were stolen in Germany, investigators have detained three German citizens suspected of committing the heist, according to a report in the Guardian. The arrests were made after 18 raids in Berlin involving over 1,600 police officers occurred on Tuesday morning, and officials said they had linked the Dresden theft to a crime syndicate, which they also said was responsible fo