Forty hours and thousands of boxes ransacked: inside Germany’s latest bank heist
Criminals escaped with cash, gold and valuables worth tens of millions of euros from thousands of customers
Criminals escaped with cash, gold and valuables worth tens of millions of euros from thousands of customers

Theft at Sparkasse Gelsenkirchen branch last month was one of country’s largest break-ins at a bank vault facility

Currency and bond trading help drive earnings at German lender

Prosecutors swoop on Frankfurt headquarters and Berlin office over dealings with Russian billionaire

Top banking supervisor examining claims by ex-employee about German lender’s use of netting

German authorities say suspects used stolen card details to buy 19mn subscriptions on fake websites

Witnesses told investigators they saw several men carrying large bags in a nearby parking garage over the weekend