January 22, 2023

"Con il traffico di opere d'arte ci manteniamo la famiglia." Words from Cosa Nostra Boss Matteo Messina Denaro?

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« Con il traffico di opere d'arte ci manteniamo la famiglia .» " With the trafficking of works of art we support our family." ...

Four confessions to a museum burglary all started with a photo of the Green Diamond

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This month, has proved an interesting month in the ongoing trial of six burglars, believed to be responsible for the theft of 18th-century j...
January 21, 2023

Twitter user @ArtFreak, (George S) sentenced in the theft of a Picasso, a Mondrian, and a Guglielmo Caccia

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The thief that burgled Greece’s National Gallery-Alexandros Soutsos Museum in Athens eleven years ago has been sentenced.   Citing that the ...
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...
January 17, 2023

Are there connections to Becchina enterprises? Questions surrounding the enterprise of Matteo Messina Denaro's fiancheggiatore, Giovanni Luppino

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Police standing watch outside Messino Denaro's residence in Campobello di Mazara Following the arrest of fugitive mafia super boss Matte...
January 16, 2023

Having Eluded Capture for 30 Years - Matteo Messina Denaro, A.K.A. "Diabolik," has been captured.

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Palermo prosecutor Maurizio de Lucia and with the deputy prosecutor Paolo Guido confirmed today that longtime fugitive, Cosa Nostra boss,  M...
January 11, 2023

Not surprisingly, and despite all of his protestations earlier, Ali Aboutaam has been convicted.

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In a hearing that took less than an hour at the Geneva police court, Ali Aboutaam, the owner of the Geneva gallery Phoenix Ancient Art SA ha...
January 10, 2023

A timeline of a convicted seller of Andy Warhol forgeries, who now faces an investigation into the disappearance of his wife

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Brian R. Walshe came onto the art crime radar after pleading guilty to the sale of two fraudulent artworks which were purported to have been...