August 28, 2026

From Villena to Vienna: Europe’s Museums Continue to be Under Siege

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A royal diamond necklace has vanishes as  Europe’s museum theft wave continues. Yesterday, two men entered Vienna’s Museum für angewandte Ku...

Update: What We Have Identified as Stolen from the Museo de Villena

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Further information has emerged concerning the 27 August 2026 theft from the Museo Arqueológico Municipal de Villena in Alicante province.  ...
August 27, 2026

Keeping It in the Family: Serop Simonian’s Children Convicted Over Antiquities Proceeds

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The Hamburg Regional Court has convicted the children of a Hamburg-based art dealer Serop Ohan Simonian in connection with the laundering an...

Europe’s Museum Gold Rush Claims the Treasure of Villena

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Thieves have struck the Museo Arqueológico Municipal de Villena, known as MUVI, in Alicante province, targeting the Treasure of Villena .  I...
August 18, 2026

Hidden in Plain Sight: The Long Road Home of the Stolen Saint Thirumangai Alvar Bronze

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Nearly seventy years after it was photographed standing in a Tamil Nadu temple, and almost six decades after it entered the collection of Ox...
August 16, 2026

Ferragosto Holiday Theft in Messina: Major Works by Antonello da Messina Stolen from the Museo Accascina

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Just days after the recovery of three important artworks in Italy, a new museum theft has struck Sicily during Italy's Ferragosto holida...
August 14, 2026

Three Minutes to Steal, Five Months to Recover: Cézanne, Renoir and Matisse Return

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Three works by Paul Cézanne, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Henri Matisse, stolen on March 23rd from the  Fondazione Magnani Rocca in Traverset...
August 7, 2026

Déjà Vu theft at the Musée du Président Jacques Chirac in Sarran, France

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For the third time in less than ten months, the Musée du Président Jacques Chirac in Sarran, Corrèze, has been targeted by thieves.  In the ...