Archive for the ‘law enforcement and investigation’ Category
Monday, October 18th, 2010
Germany Extradites To Ukraine Three Suspects In Case On Caravaggio Painting Stolen From Odesa Museum (18:10, Thursday, October 14, 2010)
http://un.ua/eng/article/291242.html
Ukrainian News Agency
Germany has extradited to Ukraine three suspects in the case on the painting The Taking of Christ, or Judas's Kiss, a canvas by Caravaggio, which was stolen from the ...
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Monday, October 4th, 2010
Ariz. Officials Work To Protect Ancient Art
http://www.wkrg.com/raw_news/article/ariz.-officials-work-to-protect-ancient-art/1017971/Oct-03-2010_1-35-pm/
by (AP) WILLIAMS, Ariz.
Published: Sun, October 03, 2010 - 12:19 pm CST Last Updated: Sun, October 03, 2010 - 1:35 pm CST
Investigators Have Yet To Identify Any Suspects In The Case Of A 1,000-year-old Rock Art Panel That Was Damaged In Northern Arizona ...
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Friday, October 1st, 2010
Lawsuit Filed In Pebble Beach Art Heist Case
http://www.ksbw.com/news/25239646/detail.html
Alleged Victims File Defamation Lawsuit
POSTED: 7:59 am PDT October 1, 2010
UPDATED: 9:12 am PDT October 1, 2010
MONTEREY, Calif. -- Two men who said they are the victims of a multimillion-dollar art heist in Pebble Beach last year have filed a lawsuit against ...
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Thursday, September 30th, 2010
New judge to oversee Van Gogh theft trial; resumes Oct. 5
http://www.thedailynewsegypt.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=123519&catid=1&Itemid=183
Deputy Culture Minister Mohsen Shaalan during the hearing on Tuesday. (Daily News Egypt Photo/Heba Fahmy)
By Heba Fahmy /Daily News Egypt September 30, 2010, 6:33 pm
CAIRO: The trial of the Van Gogh painting theft was on Tuesday adjourned to ...
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Friday, September 24th, 2010
Suspect in van Gogh theft held in Vermont
http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Local%20News/art-brief
Bruce Krasnow | The New Mexican
Posted: Thursday, September 23, 2010 - 9/24/10 0 Comments and 0 Reactions
The New Mexican
A man who Vermont police say may be linked to the Santa Fe theft of a Vincent van Gogh sketch was being held in Vermont ...
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Thursday, September 23rd, 2010
Suspects in Buddhist temple burglary arrested
http://www.cbs6albany.com/news/buddhist-1278607-police-arrested.html
September 22, 2010 4:27 PM
Michelle Kim
AMSTERDAM -- Police say they have arrested two men in connection with the burglary of a Buddhist statue Tuesday.
David Rodriguez, 27, and Hector Martinez, 24, both of Amsterdam, are accused of stealing the Buddhist statue
Police believe the men are ...
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Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010
France: 3 Men Sentenced in Case of Stolen Picassos
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/22/world/europe/22briefs-PAINTINGS.html
By DOREEN CARVAJAL
Published: September 21, 2010
Three men accused of trying to peddle stolen Picasso paintings were sentenced to up to seven years in prison on Tuesday after they portrayed themselves in court as witless sellers who did not know they possessed ...
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Thursday, September 16th, 2010
A Missing Painting Turns Up, but the Case Isn’t Closed
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/16/nyregion/16painting.html
By WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM and REBECCA WHITE
Published: September 15, 2010
Its discovery was nearly as strange as its disappearance.
For more than a month, the whereabouts of “Portrait of a Girl,” a painting by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot of a young girl with a ...
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Wednesday, September 15th, 2010
Culture Minister: Van Gogh painting theft 'no big deal'
http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/news/culture-minister-van-gogh-painting-theft-no-big-deal
Fathya el-Dakhakhni
Tue, 14/09/2010 - 21:18
Culture Minister Farouk Hosni on Tuesday downplayed the importance of the theft last month of Vincent Van Gogh's "Poppy Flowers" painting from a Cairo museum, saying it was "not a big deal."
"The Egyptian public is very emotional," ...
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Wednesday, September 8th, 2010
Alleged Italian Temple Thief Arrested in Bali
Made Arya Kencana | September 07, 2010
http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/alleged-italian-temple-thief-arrested-in-bali/395020
Bali. Police in Bali have arrested an Italian national on suspicion of looting local treasures.
Badung Police chief detective Adjutant Comr. Soma Adnyana told the Jakarta Globe on Tuesday that they had found 110 sacred Hindu objects, known ...
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Tuesday, September 7th, 2010
An aesthetic desert
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2010/1014/op9.htm
The sensational theft of a Van Gogh from the Mahmoud Khalil Museum leads Abdel-Moneim Said to ponder the place of art in today's Egypt
The disappearance of the Van Gogh painting -- often referred to erroneously as Poppy Flower -- from the Mahmoud Khalil Museum is not the first ...
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Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
More security flops unveiled in Van Gogh theft
http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2010/08/29/4980089.htm
(Daily News Egypt Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) CAIRO: Investigations into the theft of a $50 million Van Gogh painting from a Cairo museum on last week, continue to reveal more security flops.
Only one single security guard manned Mahmoud Khalil Museum which housed ...
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Sunday, August 29th, 2010
Van Gogh investigations nearing closure
Arabic Edition
Sat, 28/08/2010 - 14:51
http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/news/van-gogh-investigations-nearing-closure
Investigations into the theft of the van Gogh painting Poppy Flower ended two days ago, according to the North Giza Prosecution. Over the six days of investigations, the prosecution heard 32 witnesses. Another six individuals were imprisoned on charges of negligence, ...
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Sunday, August 29th, 2010
Antique dealer attacks 'scandalous' European extradition laws
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/7968373/Antique-dealer-attacks-scandalous-European-extradition-laws.html
An antiques dealer has attacked “scandalous” European extradition laws which led to his attempted deportation over claims that he broke a Greek bylaw at his home in London 11 years ago.
Richard Edwards and Jackie Williams
Published: 8:00AM BST 28 Aug 2010
Antiques dealer Malcolm Hay ...
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Thursday, August 26th, 2010
26 August 2010 Last updated at 10:03 ET
Two arrested after statue theft
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-11099353
The statue cost £30,000 and was erected in July 1999
Two men have been arrested following the theft of an 8ft (2.4m) statue of engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel from a quayside in Pembrokeshire.
Police believe the bronze statue, which cost ...
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Sunday, August 22nd, 2010
Confusion reigns over stolen Van Gogh painting
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gR7b9KgMHbhceV0FWJ...
By Rayad Abu Awad (AFP) – 9 hours ago
CAIRO, Egypt — Egypt's culture minister Sunday backtracked on a claim that two Italians were arrested with a stolen Van Gogh painting, blaming a subordinate for giving "inaccurate" information.
"The information ... came from ... Mohsen ...
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Monday, August 16th, 2010
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Thursday, August 12th, 2010
Thursday 12 August 2010
Fresh appeal to trace valuable Irish paintings
http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/national-news/fresh_appeal_to_trace_valuable_irish_paintings_1_800668
Published on Thu Aug 12 15:18:04 BST 2010
Police investigating the theft of five Irish paintings worth around £40,000 from a property near Nottingham city centre are appealing to the public for help.
The artwork, along with a bronze clock, jewellery and ...
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Tuesday, August 10th, 2010
Dinosaur egg theft arrest made
http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/4006976/Dinosaur-egg-theft-arrest-made
By JARED MORGAN - The Southland Times
Last updated 05:00 10/08/2010
Invercargill police have unearthed the man they say is responsible for the theft of a fossilised dinosaur egg from Otago Museum last week.
Senior Sergeant Bruce Terry said police yesterday arrested a 52-year-old Invercargill artist and charged ...
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