Europol initiated its own follow-up Diamond project last year in an effort to stay one step ahead of criminal networks that it said were becoming ever more inventive in carrying out daring robberies and burglaries. Under the force’s Pink Panthers project, working conferences were held annually with the aim of exchanging information about an organisation said to operate as independent cells in more than 35 countries.
The network’s success is such that for nearly a decade Interpol operated a special force tasked solely with tracking the group. The audacious theft of three rings, worth more than £2m pounds, from an art fair at the Royal hospital Chelsea in May was attributed to a member of the gang. The Pink Panthers – so called because one robbery they conducted mirrored a raid in a Peter Sellers Inspector Clouseau film – are thought to have stolen jewels and diamonds worth €334m (£291m) in about 380 heists conducted between 19, according to Interpol. He has denied everything but is calm and collaborative.” “He has been linked to DNA found on the site of both robberies in 20,” added Vasilliou. The Serb, who is due to appear before a district court in the coastal town by Friday, was identified as Uros Maljkovic.ĭescribed as “very cordial”, the 37-year-old was picked up on a European arrest warrant issued after three high-end jewellery shops were robbed in Limassol and the resort town of Paphos in the island’s Greek-run south.
“For any police force it is always an achievement to get a Pink Panther.” “This is a big catch,” said Limassol’s police spokesman, Marinos Vasilliou.
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