Showing posts with label Carabinieri Tutela Patrimonio Culturale. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Carabinieri Tutela Patrimonio Culturale. Show all posts
November 25, 2025

Italian Authorities Arrest 55 Suspects in Major Archaeological Looting Probe in Sicily

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In a major operation targeting two antiquities-trafficking networks, the Palermo unit of the Carabinieri’s Nucleo Tutela del Patrimonio Cult...
October 20, 2025

The Aboutaam Brothers, Phoenix Ancient Art, and the Hidden Routes of Italy’s Lost Antiquities

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Phoenix Ancient Art - BRAFA 2019  With a precautionary seizure order, filed by the Rome Public Prosecutor's Office, led by Prosecutor St...
July 3, 2025

These legal requirements are designed to prevent the illicit removal of historically or culturally significant objects, allowing authorities to assess each item’s provenance and value before it crosses borders.

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Following a two-year investigation, culminating in a coordinated effort between Spain’s Guardia Civil and Italy’s Carabinieri Command for th...
December 16, 2024

From Heist to Cellar: The 45-Year Journey of a Stolen Masterpiece

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As mentioned in our last blog post, it can sometimes take decades to recover a stolen artwork, or even longer. Such was the case with the 19...
October 15, 2024

Urban Tombaroli and Two Clandestine Excavations: Near the Villa at Oplontis and in Central Naples

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The Carabinieri have uncovered a clandestine excavation in Torre Annunziata, believed to be aimed at looting artefacts from the renowned Vil...
May 3, 2024

Carabinieri Command: Safeguarding Italy's Cultural Heritage for 55 years

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Fifty-five years ago today, on May 3, 1969, a crucial chapter in the protection of Italy's rich cultural heritage was written with the e...
January 20, 2023

Ceremony on the return of 58 antiquities to Italy

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On Monday, January 23, 2023, at 1 pm in Rome, a formal ceremony will be held regarding the return to Italy, from the United States, of 58 an...
April 8, 2022

What about the well known looted vases in the Altes Museum in Berlin?

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Left: Medici Archive Polaroid with fragments of the Crater of Persephone, attributed to the Painter of the Underworld, Right: 4th century BC...
April 23, 2021

Stealing venerated relics: An ancient pastime that lives on today

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The Cistercian abbey of San Galgano The Carabinieri for the Protection of Cultural Heritage ( Comando Carabinieri Tutela Patrimonio Cultural...
January 20, 2021

Restitution: Belgian authorities hand over a 1st century BCE Roman statue stolen from Rome in 2011

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Today, authorities from the General Directorate of the Economic Inspection of the SPF Economie in Belgium turned over a lifesize 1st century...
September 28, 2020

Two Arrested for Robbery and Vandalism at Church of Sant’Agata al Collegio in Sicily

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Image Credit: Associazione Gesù Nazareno - Caltanissetta Article By: Lynette Turnblom For the second time in under two months the Chiesa di ...
July 24, 2020

Restitution in the time of COVID-19: A fertility statuette representing a mother goddess returns to Iraq

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Modeled from clay and painted, this female figurine replete with voluptuous curves, and depicted naked and sitting with her arms folded ...