Eleven years ago, Jean Franco's black handbag was stolen as she worked at the now defunct Steinbach's Department store. She never imagined that this weekend, she's get her purse back.

The theft left the mother of two frantic with the thought that someone now had her car and house keys and valuable ...

An 80-year-old German woman probably looked like an easy target to a 41-year-old bag thief, who snatched the purse from her bicycle basket. But he didn't count on the grandma's pedal power!

The elderly woman gave chase, pedaling hard in pursuit of the purse pinching cyclist. She may not have outcycled ...

Oversized handbags are the purse of choice for bagistas around the world. But a British Crime Survey says our favorite fashion accessory makes us a target for identity theft.

These handbags make it easy to carry everything and the kitchen sink. For many women, that includes passports, bank statements, ...

When you think of bag snatchers you imagine loutish young thugs, not birds of prey! But one bald eagle got on the wrong side of the law in Austria today when it pilfered a woman's purse!

The tamed bird swooped down and snatched the brown handbag from the clutches of ...

Kylie Minogue is offering a £1,300 reward for the safe return of five bags of luggage. The Australian singer's belongings were pilfered during crew tests hours before her concert in Bogota, Columbia. Kylie is currently in South America performing her X2008 tour.

Her suitcases contained some of the show's ...

A feisty Malaysian housewife went to extremes on Wednesday when her handbag was snatched by a motorcycle-riding thief. But she wasn't giving up her prized posession so easily. She gave chase on her own motorbike!

Possibly inspired by Angelina Jolie's bike chase in Tomb Raider the determined 41-year old woman ...