Sentence examples for cases of looting from inspiring English sources

Many of them have been staying at evacuation centers for nearly six weeks, after fleeing the tsunami without time to gather their valuables; growing activity in the evacuation area has prompted concern among evacuees that their homes may be robbed while they are away, although there have been no documented cases of looting.

Sensing widespread public support for a harsh crackdown on the rioters and an expansion of police powers, Mr. Cameron has backed the "speedy justice" that has hastened hundreds of suspects through round-the-clock courts, some of them drawing stiff prison sentences for even minor cases of looting.

Contrary to some reports, there were only isolated cases of looting and fighting.

As the protests have intensified, there have been cases of looting and vandalism.

He said that so far, no other large-scale cases of looting of explosives had been found.

There have been a few cases of looting since the storm, mostly outsiders picking through the trailer park debris, but mostly it has been quiet, the deputy said.

Cases of hacking, looting, stabbing and sexual assaults including public gang-rapes in which the victims were burnt, were reported.

The American invasion and the carnage that followed brought archaeological and preservation work to a halt across the country, leaving ruins to wither or, in the case of looting, much worse.

One of the earliest sources of evidence for Inca human sacrifice on mountaintop shrines came from a case of looting that occurred in 1905, when the naturally mummified body of a child was extracted from the summit of Mt. Chañi, a 5896 m peak located in northern Argentina.

Mr. Mohammed, with the full beard of a devout Muslim, said that he had stood for some time among a group of Hindus outside the ruined apartment block, reluctant to venture into the rubble in case he was accused of looting.

Dozens of cases of apparently looted antiquities linked to a British art dealer have been returned to Italy from Switzerland, after languishing in a warehouse for 15 years.