Overview

• Victims of the December 21 break-in have put forward about €240,000 in cash and gold as a private reward through a detective’s website to solicit new leads.
• Four unknown perpetrators breached the Deutsche Bank branch on Kohlmarkt in Lübeck, cracked open 371 safety deposit boxes and made off with more than €18 million in jewelry, documents and cash.
• An earlier official reward of €5,000 offered by the Staatsanwaltschaft Lübeck in February failed to produce actionable information.
• Police and prosecutors say the probe remains open but decline to disclose further investigative details.
• Recent press reports highlight that the branch’s safe-deposit area lacked surveillance cameras and motion detectors.