Police in Connecticut have searched the home of a 79-year-old gangster in connection with a stash of stolen paintings.

When police refused to help a snatch-and run victim, she enlisted the help of a taxi driver and went to the house to retrieve her stolen $1000 iPhone 6.

Four weeks ago, the Herald published a special series on burglaries.

Retailers are increasingly looking at new ways to counter a $1.3 billion bill every year in shoplifting crime.

Experts share their solutions to reducing burglary rates in New Zealand.

Three West Auckland neighbours held down a burglar for at least 15 minutes until police arrived.

It was a normal shift at Cash Converters - until a customer tried to sell Sean Curtin music equipment that had been stolen in a burglary the week before.

WATCH: CCTV footage shows brazen car thieves follow driver into the gym and swipe his keys.

A group of German backpackers who had their car stolen - along with passports and credit cards - say the theft overshadows their good memories of New Zealand.

Auckland police are trying to turn the city's parking buildings into crime-free zones by cheating thieves of any chance of grabbing valuables from cars.

A homeless alcoholic has been convicted of burglary after sleeping in a Queenstown house for a week and drinking up to 20 bottles of wine.

Three quarters of car thefts in France are carried out using electronic hacking, it was claimed yesterday, prompting calls for security improvements in a range of vehicles sold in Europe.

A spate of thefts have prompted police to issue a warning for people to lock up their sheds.

A gold medal at the Auckland Commonwealth Games marked the achievement of a lifetime for Stuart Williams - but his medal is now in the hands of brazen burglars.

A Financial Markets Authority analyst has been charged with forging an academic record to get his job and then stealing nearly $210,000. in a scheme.

West Auckland couple who had sentimental baby gear stolen out of their car on the North Shore earlier this week say: "We have been blessed by many very kind Kiwis".

West Auckland couple Gareth and Belcy Hayter, excitedly awaiting the arrival of their first child, have had two bags of baby gear stolen from their car.

North Shore police are appealing to the public for information about two men who used stolen credit cards.

The heist has been been described as "if Oceans 11 had been masterminded by a Bond villain".

A search warrant executed at an Auckland home led to the recovery of gear stolen from a champion swimmer's car while she was at a celebration dinner with her family.

An Auckland swimmer is reeling after having valuable equipment stolen while she was having a celebratory dinner with her mother and sister.

After 35 years a violin worth millions finally makes its way home.

The hunt is on for $1 million after an botch-up during the unloading of 13 cash bags from a Cathay Pacific flight in Hong Kong.

Think twice before you leave your wallet in your car - criminals are fleecing victims using contactless bank cards.

Andrew Hrothgar Robinson has been sentenced to six years in jail this morning for stealing more than $3 million.

Tom Selleck, the star of Magnum P.I., was pursued for two years by a real-life private investigator over accusations he swiped truck loads of water from the drought-plagued state of California to use on his avocado farm.

An Auckland family have had their Mazda Familia stolen three times in two years have spent hundreds of dollars on impound and repair fees.

Police are on the lookout for a six-metre aluminium Ramco Admiral boat stolen from central Auckland.

Auckland University has stepped up security patrols around its bike parks after a petition was sparked by a wave of thefts.

Police operation targeting vehicle crimes in South Auckland after more than 900 vehicles were stolen in Counties Manukau in the last three months.