Overview
- Police and prosecutors searched the Buer branch to secure data carriers and customer records they said had not been provided to investigators.
- Interior Minister Herbert Reul criticized the bank’s cooperation and said the burglars likely knew exactly what to target.
- The special unit Soko “Kernbohrer” is working around the clock on the case, with no arrests publicly reported.
- Damage is still being assessed, with police citing a mid double-digit million-euro estimate as some reports suggest substantially higher totals.
- Victims face compensation caps of about €10,000 per box and may need individual lawsuits, with one lawyer saying a client kept roughly €600,000 in gold.