Showing posts with label Metropolitan Police. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Metropolitan Police. Show all posts
January 25, 2024

New Convictions and Sentences in the Geneva Museum Heist Saga

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May 31, 2019: Prelude to the Heist The account of the Geneva Museum Heist begins on May 31, 2019, when British national Stewart Ahearne take...
August 20, 2023

A London organised crime gang and a museum theft of £2 million of Chinese Porcelain

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Fondation Baur, Musée des Arts d'Extrême-Orient The lucrative market for stolen Chinese antiquities has led to several high-profile heis...
October 6, 2020

Rare Books in an Even Rarer Recovery

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On 29 January 2017 an organized crime group from Romania targeted and robbed over 200 rare books from a warehouse in Feltham, West London.  ...
February 16, 2020

Christies Auction Identification and Restitution: A Roman Marble Sarcophagus Fragment of Sidmara Type

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Christie's, London, 4 December 2019 Catalog Cover and Lot 481 – Description Note:  This blog post has been revised with further in...
October 13, 2018

Restitution: Two Etruscan Objects returned to Italy from Great Britain

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Image Credit:  ARCA From Left to Right - Brigadier General Fabrizio Parrulli, Commander of the Italian Carabinieri Command for the Protect...
October 5, 2017

Good News: Scotland Yard Art and Antiques Unit will continue, with new permanent unit head.

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After many impassioned arguments for the reinstatement of London's Art and Antiques squad London's mayor, Sadiq Khan, has con...
February 13, 2017

Theft: Antiquarian Booksellers Association's reports dramatic book thief heist of 160 texts, some from the 15th and 16th centuries

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The International League of Antiquarian Booksellers and the Metropolitan Police at Scotland Yard have confirmed a brazen the theft at ...