French robber Antonio Ferrara was sentenced to 13 years in prison in Belgium

The French robber Antonio Ferrara was sentenced in Belgium to 13 years in prison, Thursday, November 5, for a planned armed attack in Germany in 2025. In this case, he and his nine co-defendants are suspected of having planned an armed attack in early 2025 on a stronghold in Bochum (Germany), a place where banks store their assets (banknotes, jewelry, etc.). The act was then imminent according to the investigators. Members of the group had already gone to scout the targeted establishment, using stolen cars from which police seized weapons, explosives and bulletproof vests.

The case is being judged in Belgium, because it was the Belgian police who foiled the plan by carrying out a large raid on February 27, 2025 in Eupen, in the east of the country, not far from the German border. At the end of August, the Brussels prosecutor's office requested 18 years in prison against him. “He is indeed involved in this attempted attack, he is not a neophyte,” declared the prosecutor in her indictment, also insisting on “his skills in matters of explosives”. The person concerned, however, contested his participation in the criminal project.

Antonio Ferrara is a well-known face of justice in France, where he was convicted of robberies and attempted murder, as well as two prison escapes, earning him the nickname "the king of beauty." He was released from prison in 2022 in France, after having served his last sentence to date.