Archive for the ‘Museum thefts’ Category

Protected: How A Hartford Wise Guy Got Caught Up In A $500 Million Museum Heist – Courant.com

Tuesday, May 21st, 2013

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Protected: Prized stolen art frequently surfaces after decades – Metro – The Boston Globe

Friday, May 10th, 2013

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Protected: Mobster eyed in Gardner heist seeks mercy from judge | Boston Herald

Monday, May 6th, 2013

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Protected: Stolen antique weapons returned to museum | Rockhampton Morning Bulletin

Saturday, May 4th, 2013

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Protected: Highlights Of Selected Criminal Cases Involving Art

Tuesday, April 30th, 2013

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Protected: Europol probe into crime gang linked to €500k rhino horn heist – Independent.ie

Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013

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Protected: Crime, prevention and security in the arts – tips from the experts | Culture professionals network | Guardian Professional

Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013

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Protected: Mariposa museum robbers reach plea deals – Mariposa and Yosemite – MercedSun-Star.com

Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013

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Protected: National Museum Of Ireland Theft: Pricey Rhino Horns Stolen From Warehouse Storage

Thursday, April 18th, 2013

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Does your museum have a media strategy for thefts? | Museums Association

Thursday, April 18th, 2013

Does your museum have a media strategy for thefts? http://www.museumsassociation.org/museum-practice/museum-thefts/16042013-does-your-museum-have-a-media-strategy-in-case-of-theft April 17, 2013 Having a media strategy in place in case of theft is key to managing your museum’s reputation, and can help recover stolen items, according to the expert panel on the Museum Practice security webchat last week.William Brown, national security adviser at Arts Council England, recommended ...

Protected: Unusual theft from Art Gallery of Ballarat

Tuesday, April 16th, 2013

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Sin pistas del robo al Museo Histórico

Saturday, April 13th, 2013

Sin pistas del robo al Museo Histórico - Diario EL PAIS - Montevideo - Uruguay http://www.elpais.com.uy/120109/pnacio-617475/nacional/sin-pistas-del-robo-al-museo-historico/ January 10, 2012 PAYSANDÚ | SANDRA KANOVICH El intendente de Paysandú, Bertil Bentos, que ordenó una investigación interna para deslindar responsabilidades en el hurto de la pistola que perteneciera a Juan Antonio Lavalleja. Bentos informó que se reunió ...

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Paintings ‘Must Be Returned’ to Fenway, Says US Attorney

Saturday, April 13th, 2013

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Paintings 'Must Be Returned' to Fenway, Says US Attorney - Fenway-Kenmore, MA Patch http://fenwaykenmore.patch.com/articles/isabella-stewart-gardner-museum-paintings-must-be-returned-to-fenway-says-fbi March 19, 2013 By Sara Jacobi Email the author March 18, 2013 FBI officials announced on Monday they know who committed one of the biggest art heists in history, but they still need the public's help to ...

Protected: Flagons stolen from Clifton Park Museum

Thursday, April 11th, 2013

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ARCAblog: Theft at Villa Giulia, Rome: Another European Museum Hit by Thieves

Friday, April 5th, 2013

Theft at Villa Giulia, Rome: Another European Museum Hit by Thieves http://art-crime.blogspot.nl/2013/04/theft-at-villa-giulia-rome-another.html?m=1 April 5, 2013 Catherine Schofield Sezgin by Lynda Albertson, CEO, Association of Research into Crimes against Art ROME - In the last thirteen months several museums in Europe have been hit with dramatic thefts. In February 2012, two men stormed the Archeological Museum of ...

Roban un museo de Rio de Janeiro en pleno día – Terra Perú

Friday, April 5th, 2013

Roban un museo de Rio de Janeiro en pleno día http://vidayestilo.terra.com.pe/turismo/roban-un-museo-de-rio-de-janeiro-en-pleno-dia,542cb7fbb44dd310VgnCLD2000000ec6eb0aRCRD.html April 5, 2013 Un bolígrafo de oro en forma de pluma de pájaro incrustada con diamantes, que perteneció al expresidente brasileño Afonso Pena (1902-1906), fue robado en pleno día en un museo de Rio de Janeiro, informó el jueves la institución. La obra ...

Protected: Police investigate Etruscan Museum robbery

Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013

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Police investigate Etruscan Museum robbery

Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013

Police investigate Etruscan Museum robbery http://www.wantedinrome.com/news/2002193/police-investigate-etruscan-museum-robbery.html A police investigation is underway following the theft of some 19th-century jewellery from Rome's Villa Giulia Etruscan museum over the Easter weekend. The thieves gained entry after forcing open one of the entrance doors. They smashed two cabinets on the upper floor containing items from the important ...

Italian government under fire after Rome museum theft – GazzettaDelSud

Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013

Italian government under fire after Rome museum theft http://www.gazzettadelsud.it/news/english/40993/Italian-government-under-fire-after-Rome-museum-theft.html April 3, 2013 Rome 02/04/2013 'Spending cuts a threat to safety, heritage' Rome, April 2 - A robbery over the Easter weekend at Rome's Villa Giulia Etruscan museum led to calls Tuesday for improved measures to secure Italy's culture ministry. "It took a multimillion (euro) theft to ...

Protected: Chainsaw thief hacks off Louis XIV elephant’s tusk – FRANCE – FRANCE 24

Monday, April 1st, 2013

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Chainsaw thief hacks off Louis XIV elephant’s tusk

Monday, April 1st, 2013

Chainsaw thief hacks off Louis XIV elephant's tusk http://www.france24.com/en/20130331-france-museum-theft-chainsaw-thief-louis-elephant-tusk April 1, 2013 An intruder in the Paris Natural History Museum who sawed off a tusk of a skeleton of an African elephant given to French King Louis XIV was apprehended early on Saturday, according to French authorities. The suspect, about 20 years old, had ...

Protected: Criminal gangs target ivory in museums – ITV News

Sunday, March 31st, 2013

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Criminal gangs target ivory in museums

Sunday, March 31st, 2013

Criminal gangs target ivory in museums http://www.itv.com/news/update/2013-03-30/criminal-gangs-target-ivory-in-museums/ March 31, 2013 9:17pm, Sat 30 Mar 2013Man 'tries to steal' museum tusk Last updated Sun 31 Mar 2013The damaged elephant skeleton at the Paris Natural History museums Credit: EBU The attack on an elephant skeleton at the Paris Natural History Musuem is the latest in a series of ...

Jongeman zaagt slagtand olifant met kettingzaag af in museum – Hbvl.be

Sunday, March 31st, 2013

Jongeman zaagt slagtand olifant met kettingzaag af in museum 30/03 IN DE RAND In Parijs is in de nacht van vrijdag op zaterdag een jongeman van 20 opgepakt nadat hij in een natuurhistorisch museum was binnengebroken om daar met een kettingzaag een slagtand van een olifant af te zagen. Volgens de politie heeft ...

Protected: Guard who opened the door to robbers in notorious Gardner Museum heist under suspicion 23 years later – News – Boston.com

Thursday, March 28th, 2013

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Guard who opened the door to robbers in notorious Gardner Museum heist under suspicion 23 years later – News – Boston.com

Thursday, March 28th, 2013

Was anyone watching the Gardner Museum watchman? http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2013/03/09/guard-who-opened-the-door-robbers-notorious-gardner-museum-heist-under-suspicion-years-later/J9cyv9A0rRkJ1t0OYpwdvL/story.html March 28, 2013 Night watchman Richard Abath may have made the most costly mistake in art history shortly after midnight on March 18, 1990. Police found him handcuffed and duct-taped in the basement of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum seven hours after he unwisely opened ...

Protected: Halifax art dealer describes how Tillman allegedly stole artifacts | Globalnews.ca

Thursday, March 28th, 2013

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Halifax art dealer describes how Tillman allegedly stole artifacts | Globalnews.ca

Thursday, March 28th, 2013

Halifax art dealer describes how Tillman allegedly stole artifacts http://globalnews.ca/news/433944/halifax-art-dealer-describes-how-tillman-allegedly-stole-artifacts/ March 28, 2013 Christine Tam New details have been uncovered about a Halifax man suspected of stealing a million dollars worth of artifacts. Until now, little has been known about John Tillman’s alleged activities as a self-proclaimed art dealer. RCMP allege Tillman spent decades stealing a trove of ...

Protected: MATT CONNOLLY: Isabella Stewart Gardner back in the headlines – Quincy, MA – The Patriot Ledger

Tuesday, March 26th, 2013

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MATT CONNOLLY: Isabella Stewart Gardner back in the headlines – Quincy, MA – The Patriot Ledger

Tuesday, March 26th, 2013

MATT CONNOLLY: Isabella Stewart Gardner back in the headlines http://www.patriotledger.com/news/cops_and_courts/x1522344722/MATT-CONNOLLY-Isabella-Stewart-Gardner-back-in-the-headlines March 26, 2013 "Landscape with an Obelisk," 1638, one of 13 works of art stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in 1990. I suppose in a contest it'd be a close call as to who is more infamous, Whitey Bulger or those who ...

Protected: Observers, investigators say now is time to find Gardner art before it is lost

Tuesday, March 26th, 2013

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Observers, investigators say now is time to find Gardner art before it is lost

Tuesday, March 26th, 2013

Observers, investigators say now is time to find Gardner art before it is lost - Metro - The Boston Globe http://bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/03/24/observers-investigators-say-now-time-find-gardner-art-before-lost/Z4HQc74zz6ek7QWOcZvNsO/story.html March 26, 2013 By Milton J. Valencia , Shelley Murphy and Stephen Kurkjian  |  Globe Staff | Globe Correspondent     March 25, 2013 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum/AP/File "The Storm on the Sea of ...

Protected: Rhino heads removed from Elgin Museum to Edinburgh amid theft fears | News | Edinburgh | STV

Monday, March 25th, 2013

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Rhino heads removed from Elgin Museum to Edinburgh amid theft fears | News | Edinburgh | STV

Monday, March 25th, 2013

Rhino heads removed from Elgin Museum to Edinburgh amid theft fears | News | Edinburgh | STV http://local.stv.tv/edinburgh/218900-rhino-heads-removed-from-elgin-museum-to-edinburgh-amid-theft-fears/ March 25, 2013 Rhino head: The items have been moved to Edinburgh.SWNS A museum has been forced to surrender a pair of rhino heads worth £400,000 amid fears they would be targeted by ruthless armed gangs. The ...

Protected: Gardner Art Heist: The Thieves Who Couldn’t Steal Straight | Cognoscenti

Monday, March 25th, 2013

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Stolen dinosaur uncovered in Page home

Monday, March 25th, 2013

Stolen dinosaur uncovered in Page home http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/stolen-dinosaur-uncovered-in-page-home-20130325-2gq3u.html March 25, 2013 Police have recovered the dinosaur stolen from a Canberra museum A prehistoric mystery was solved in Canberra on Monday as a three metre long dinosaur statue was recovered by ACT Police. The three-day hunt for the missing statue, stolen from Canberra's National Dinosaur Museum late ...

Protected: Maine angle in Gardner heist a sour note in a grimy tale | The Morning Sentinel, Waterville, ME

Saturday, March 23rd, 2013

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De Kunsthal, het Catharijne Convent, het Stedelijk Museum Zutphen, Museum Bommel van Dam…einde van de lijst nog niet in zicht

Friday, March 22nd, 2013

De Kunsthal, het Catharijne Convent, Huis Doorn, het Stedelijk Museum Zutphen, Museum Bommel van Dam…einde van de lijst nog niet in zicht http://www.museumbeveiliging.com/2013/03/22/de-kunsthal-het-catharijne-convent-het-stedelijk-museum-zutphen-museum-bommel-van-dam-einde-van-de-lijst-nog-niet-in-zicht/ March 22, 2013 22/03/2013 – 11:20 De Kunsthal, het Catharijne Convent, Huis Doorn, het Stedelijk Museum Zutphen, Museum Bommel van Dam…vier geslachtofferde Nederlandse musea binnen een half jaar en het einde ...

Protected: Kunstwerken gestolen uit Museum Van Bommel van Dam in Venlo :: nrc.nl

Friday, March 22nd, 2013

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Isabella Stewarr Gardner – Jonathan Sazonoff of Museum Security Network tells us about the theft of the century

Thursday, March 21st, 2013

The Theft of a Century 3/21/13   Jonathan Sazonoff of Museum Security Network tells us about the theft of the century. Why missing art may be overvalued in the headlines today. watch the video: http://tinyurl.com/bqa6tvm First Business Network / Videos /.