Overview

• The 23, 28 and 29-year-old suspects were identified and arrested in Genoa in April and May under European arrest warrants issued by Munich prosecutors.
• German investigators have linked the trio to four thefts at a December 8 techno festival and 21 further robberies at the Zenith hall between December 2024 and March 2025.
• Italian police recovered gold necklaces valued at nearly €30,000 during searches in connection with the arrests.
• Authorities say the suspects targeted young men in crowded moshpits by isolating victims, forcibly removing their chains, and melting away in the crowd.
• Munich prosecutors are now probing the men’s suspected involvement in similar necklace thefts reported in Berlin and Belgium.