Overview

• The trial of four suspects accused of stealing a 2,100-year-old Celtic gold hoard from the Kelten Römer Museum in November 2022 continues in Ingolstadt, Bavaria.
• The court has offered reduced sentences of 3½ to 9 years if the defendants confess and provide information on the missing treasure, but they remain silent.
• The stolen collection, comprising 483 coins and a larger gold piece, has a market value exceeding €1.5 million and immense scientific significance.
• Investigators recovered small gold lumps from one suspect, believed to be melted-down coins, but the whereabouts of over 400 coins remain unknown.
• The defendants are also implicated in over 30 additional burglaries across Germany and Austria, highlighting connections to organized crime.