Overview
- Carabinieri recovered 137 of 140 Louis Vuitton items from the November 17 Via Condotti burglary and 29 Valentino bags from the August 8 hit, valued at nearly €400,000.
- Searches ordered by the Rome prosecutor led to the seizure of an oxy-fuel torch, a frequency jammer, burglary tools, clothing captured on CCTV, and phones and other electronic devices.
- Florence police executed custody orders jailing a 26-year-old Roman, a 28-year-old Moldovan and a 37-year-old Uruguayan in connection with the August 31 Dior theft worth about €180,000.
- Investigators say a Rome-based crew of roughly ten people is behind the Valentino, Dior and Louis Vuitton burglaries, using rapid break-ins and a black SUV to flee.
- Prosecutors coordinating inquiries in Rome and Florence pinpointed at least two logistics bases in the capital, using CCTV review, phone traffic analysis and interceptions to drive ongoing searches for additional suspects.