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Long believed to have been taken by the Italian mafia, the painting, estimated to be worth at least $20 million, is listed by the FBI among the world’s top 10 art crimes.
Italian Museum Chief, Fearing Mafia, Seeks German Asylum. By Joshua Norman. February 7, 2011 / 2:56 PM EST ...
The Italian mafia may have good taste in art and antiquities, which we suppose is admirable, but they apparently have no scruples about where they get them. ISIS has allegedly been shipping ...
Police arrested Carmine Spada (C), alleged boss of a mafia clan, near Rome this month Italian police have carried out a spate of anti-mafia raids, arresting dozens of suspects near Naples, Rome ...
Gaetano Badalamenti, a reputed mafia chieftain described as one of the FBI’s most-wanted drug traffickers. Getty Images. As I noted in Art Crime: Terrorists, Tomb Raiders, Forgers and Thieves ...
Italian police have recovered 14 paintings from apartments in Southern Italy, believed to be part of the collection of a convicted criminal with ties to the Italian mafia, ARCA Blog reports.
Italian journalist Domenico Quirico, working undercover as an art buyer, has exposed an arms-for-art trading ring involving the terrorist group ISIS, as well as the Italian Camorra and ...
Seized mafia art on display in Milan. Milan (Italy) (AFP) – More than 80 contemporary works of art confiscated from the Italian mafia, including by Salvador Dali and Andy Warhol, went on display ...