Conviction of Celtic Gold Heist Reveals Security Failures and Organized Crime Threat

In a striking judgment delivered in Ingolstadt, Germany, three men were sentenced to prison terms of up to 11 years for orchestrating the brazen theft of nearly 500 ancient Celtic gold coins from the Bavarian town of Manching in late 2022. This heist was no ordinary burglary—it underscored a chilling combination of meticulous criminal planning and critical failures in museum security protocols. How Did Nearly Half a Millennium of History Vanish Overnight? The stolen treasure consists of 483 gold coins dating back to around 100 B.C., unearthed during archaeological digs that revealed one of the twentieth century’s largest caches of...