Regional court - Trial for silver theft at Aurubis begins
A trial for the theft of silver-bearing material worth eleven million euros from copper producer Aurubis begins on Tuesday (1 p.m.) at Hamburg District Court. The public prosecutor's office is accusing five defendants of aggravated gang theft or commercial handling of stolen goods and a sixth defendant of aiding and abetting aggravated gang theft.
Between February 2020 and January 2021, the accused allegedly stole around 5,000 kilos of intermediate and by-products containing precious metals from the Aurubis company site in the Veddel district.
According to the indictment, they sold the loot to previously unknown buyers. At least some of the stolen goods are said to have been sent to metal processing companies in Turkey for analysis and further use. The suspects, aged between 33 and 50, used crypto cell phones for internal communication.
Even greater damage was caused by fraud in a case at Aurubis that came to light at the end of August. However, this case is not the subject of the trial that is now beginning.
Communication from the public prosecutor's office dated 30.11. Communication on searches dated 15.06. Aurubis communication dated 15.06. on investigations into gang theft
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- The trial for the 'Gang theft' of silver-bearing material worth eleven million euros from Aurubis, a copper producer located in Hamburg, commenced at the Regional Court.
- The public prosecutor's office is charging five defendants with aggravated gang theft or commercial handling of stolen goods and another defendant with aiding and abetting aggravated gang theft.
- The accused individuals, aged between 33 and 50, allegedly stole around 5,000 kilos of precious metal intermediate and by-products from Aurubis between February 2020 and January 2021 and sold them to unknown buyers.
- The 'Criminality' surrounding the theft of precious metals involved the use of crypto cell phones for internal communication, and some of the stolen goods were sent to metal processing companies in Turkey for analysis and further use.
Source: www.stern.de
