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Judge Andreas Ziegel comes into the courtroom. Getty Images
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A defendant is brought to court in Dresden, Germany, during a trial over the jewellery heist on the Green Vault museum in the city in 2019. AFP
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The court has convicted five members of the Remmo crime family over the spectacular theft of priceless 18th-century jewels. AFP
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Members of the clan, which has roots in Lebanon, received sentences of up to six years in prison. AFP
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Police investigators in front of the Royal Palace in Dresden after the raid in November 2019. AP
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A defendant hides his face behind a newspaper reporting on his trial. AFP
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Judge Andreas Ziegel comes into the courtroom. Getty Images
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A defendant is brought to court in Dresden, Germany, during a trial over the jewellery heist on the Green Vault museum in the city in 2019. AFP
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The court has convicted five members of the Remmo crime family over the spectacular theft of priceless 18th-century jewels. AFP
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Members of the clan, which has roots in Lebanon, received sentences of up to six years in prison. AFP
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Police investigators in front of the Royal Palace in Dresden after the raid in November 2019. AP
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A defendant hides his face behind a newspaper reporting on his trial. AFP
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Judge Andreas Ziegel comes into the courtroom. Getty Images
Five men from Remmo crime gang convicted over German jewel heist
Members of clan operating in Berlin underworld carried out 2019 Green Vault raid
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