that would involve lifting sanctions on the regime at the same time as they're doing these other things that are drawing more restrictions. and we're told that that's really not getting a lot of attention. now, we're not, there's not a lot of appetite for that in either europe. or the united states, and it remains to be seen whether t ron is even interested in continuing to discuss it. given the most recent developments, i will stay deputies, terry. she'll stay speaking to us from brussels. watching d. w. news from berlin. dock film returns after a short break museum crime scenes ransoming still one is the title i'll let moneys headlines void after that in 45 minutes to stay with oh, where natural spectacle in an improved world. the return of the spiky yellow with louse will ensure the survival of the entire ecosystem. ah,

one of the many success stories from a bastion of biodiversity. st. helena starts november 18th on d. w. ah. berlin, march 2017, 3 hooded men walked down a train station platform on their way to a spectacular nighttime high their target, a giant gold coin. aunt cor. they entered directly via a window died and dresden, 2019. 2 men break into a historic collection of royal jewelry and steal a priceless horde of centuries old artifacts and bite. and in both cases, we have to assume that the perpetrators were interested solely in the material value being the task of retrieving stolen. our treasures can involve paying a substantial ransom beyond enjoy valuables and we have the money and they want the

money. we want the valuables and little this big reward, museums are being repeatedly targeted by thieves who lack of conscience with us. do something and all feel ashamed. i don't, i don't even apologize. ah, dresden, in eastern germany, in the heart of the cities historic center lies look as it inch, los. for almost 4 centuries, it symbolized the power and wealth of saxon royalty. stephanie called a half, is a journalist, specializing an art crime, and is familiar with the precious artifact stored here in one of europe's most renowned collections. this is just looseness. dutch loss of the happened. his palace was a residence for electors and kings, including augustus the strong. and it also housed the treasury by marshall and i saw it was a place of both political and cultural activity hot and andy with an incredibly

valuable collection of items. today the palace is a museum, its treasures now belonging to the public rather than a prince. it's one of germany's most popular art collections, attracting around $700000.00 visitors every year. in november, 2019, it hit the headlines when the famous green vault was the scene of the biggest artist in germany's history of animal. these offence, though, humbly tater. evidently the thieves removed 3 of these diamond shaped metal bars in advance, but from 4, using a hydraulic cutter all exceeds and temporarily put them back in place. always ought to be done. this was a day or 2 before the actual theft. 40 my confusion, the bars had been re touched and using just glue hard huckman to so it was easy to remove them on the night itself. host name couldn't the palace, including the green vault, is open to the public while scouting the area beforehand. the burglars identified

a weak spot, the windows on the ground floor when they returned in the early hours of november 25th 2019. all they had to do was remove the previously detached metal grill and break open the window behind it. once inside the thieves had free pain of the green vaulted at its priceless contents. mm hm. she knew didn't finish thirtyish right by the window with the thieves, broken by 1000 lawns and i got homes and outside as the grilled that they cut apart schmidt and border giving them direct access to the treasury chamber into those fence that you liked and you shuttle it's believed that 2 thieves entered the green vault through the window. the treasures there have been on display ever since augustus, the strong, opened his collection to visitors in 1724. the step let's use is as the hall of

treasures archive, which again shows the diverse range of items collected by the monarch spec. done was because the thieves weren't entrusted in nautilus goblets or ostrich eggs, which guns hauled. he quickly passed through this room on their way to the jewelry rooms dixon. the thieves came prepared, they knew exactly which route to take, making their way through the coat of arms room. before arriving at their destination, the jewellery rubbed, working against the clock, they broke through the display case with an axe. ah, housed in the jewelry room are sets of jewels matching stones commissioned by augustus the strong. now missing quite a few pieces. ah. it isn't a cleaning within the viet woods the parallel. these display cases contain priceless pearls and jewelry belonging to sucks and monarchs summit at which they collected

both for their own prestige and as an investment. because this is what the thieves were after him had hutton, thus is thus, it's you dated august. he is in the following safety protocol, security guards called police, but did not intervene in minutes. the thieves passed through the display case and grab 22 items. the burglars disappeared into the night and with them, priceless pieces of history ah, group, as your was godless of their value, gold or diamonds that can never be recreated. and you won't have the same ora of the same pieces that augustus the strong might have held in his hand in hand to god ah belt buckles, swords, roaches and buttons dawned by kings and adorned by figures throughout history.

their worth far greater than their material value. ah, marianna ackerman is the director of dresden state art collections. her job involves 2 distinct responsibilities, both protecting the collection and presenting it to the public actually state. the ultimate question is, how far do we go in terms of security v f here? how many more millions do we need to invest? good enough may. and of course, these are issues that concern our colleagues everywhere in the time, not just in germany and could dig in in, in, in was in the field. osh lentil, the break in that the green vault and the loss of important historical artifacts weighs heavily on ackerman. diving of lucas, i was confident that it will be returned to us yet to look common vote with all

parts of it, at least unbuttoned us. the fast case is suggest it might take quite a while, but, but the main thing is to keep on hoping hoffman. we health get 4300 diamonds were stolen in the dresden heist a high profile case involving 3 prosecutors, then 40 special investigator. ah, them and on the baltic sea here, private investigator use of flesh is taking an unconventional approach to getting the treasures back, negotiating directly with the thieves, the and into the had the valuables and we ended the money and they want the money. we want the valuables. shortly after the robbery, he posted this video online offering a reward of overcharged built. eventually, the reward grew to 5000000 euros, provided by an anonymous art collector bishop, his own a. this is someone who appreciates art, it's

a hobby of their osi and they want to see these valuables back where they belong in the museum in dresden. and this was he unlocked the list. the private investigator says his job was to find the jewels. not the thieves doing business with criminals is usually frowned upon, offering 5000000 euros to buy back. stolen goods could be seen by some as unethical . dom was baton buzz when he thought they did. what you don't do a burglary property damage. they still valuable things going on because there were more than 3. it's a gang theft funding. that's all it is. i mean there's no life sentence or anything like that. so i think that's morally defensible. come and what outage for antoine, less than a year after the heist, his plan seemed to be working. best says he was contacted by the thieves looking to return the jewels. mcgovern, to me, the handover is pretty much sorted. this life you think i got a bill i can't say,

but given the negotiations and my own experience to shift things are looking on as long as is and see a positive for week. in november 2020 bash was confident. the dresden jewels would soon return a ransom for stolen our treasures in the form of a table stalked with cash with a new conte for stephanie called a half to this one uncle 20. that as i took him up to a private sector, bit like this is rare, unsurprising. no money visits to victor. and normally the thieves will contact the aggrieved party about an offer. in fact, not on the board, but some one going public, literally putting money on the table is pretty unusual from tish, made it or buy it once. and that's because of the unique nature of the saxon royal treasury artist. kind of, he's a 6th and starts shots. us was, i'm called a half has spent years writing about art crime. germany alone sees an average of 4 work stolen every day. one factor, he says, is that art is becoming increasingly expensive and lucrative as it needs all

figured it would have excavation, unquote. there's never been so much money in the arc markets, as gallery owners, an auction houses will tell you, arkansas and kind of since may when banks offer 0 interest. and you already have enough villas and yachts and pricey watches in having a bank, c, r of and got a grad, richter on the wall to come to start a symbol holder and gather a start and of hunting. and that something people with enough money are willing to pay a lot of money for it, right. see as if you the fellows took him eager are investors can be found at events like art basil. the fair brings together the worlds of art and financed with wheeling and dealing, conducted over champagne and o esters. to bother the for for you the this is your typical basil crowd. here the are tear ranges from classical modern to contemporary. well so that

attracts young and old collectors. nathan, a humor the others. i'm the women's, i'm not is it for the wasn't was here the week long art basil fare features paintings, sculptures and photos from around 270 galleries among them. this work by influential american artist john michelle vasquez perkins minyaun. this is priced at $40000000.00. there have been vasquez that cost a lot more money than this. some larger in size. so, but for this 140000000 is set in stone both. oh, new york born john michelle desk. yeah. was the 1st black artist to break into the otherwise white dominated western art market. prices for his works have risen dramatically since he died at just 27 in 1988. with us in climate for marco, this is a smaller work that went for the asking price of $3000000.00. and the 1st day because of that, some work are subject to aggressive competition from lady visitors or on some

collectors, no apiece. like this will be on show and basil. they are determined to turn up right when the fair opens by the here. because the 2nd it's on the wall. it's on sale. what was on the 1st come? first serve 1st come 1st fir. and those commercial forces seem to know know bounce in 2019 global art market sales topped 57000000000 euros. there are a range of factors behind the continuous growth and investment. low interest rates, a real estate slump, and the risky nature of the stock market. was covered as women annoyed to go during the initial boom in the 19 ninety's, it was primarily japanese buyers slapping of everything at galleries. and auctions, laws are good plus the more, but they all sold after the real estate bubble burst back home of the mark. and after a brief low prices shot up again with the emergence of new bar markets like cliff america to come after the fall of communism. you had a lot of very rich russians in the yeltsin era, discovering the arch market the,

the quote for the opening up of china also generated a lot of extremely well funded collectors of that. and that new boom never really ended before the a boon that does not only attract legitimate collectors and investors. as elsewhere where there's money to be made. there's criminal act buddy. emily ebbing house works for the world's largest private database of looted art and antiques. her job is to track down and recover works that have been stolen. economists, i can't provide specific figures here, but there must be 2 to 5000 bucks on show here i and the chances of their being nothing here deserving a closer look of our extremely slim manion cookin was sincere, they're giving ebbing house is an art historian, specializing in the origin of artworks and other cultural assets, a large number of stolen works do end up back on the arc market. probably monday

the of messen veins and some i'm at not fez. we often encounter classic theft where most exhibitors genuinely believe they have an intimate work until we say sorry, but this was stolen 10 or 15 years ago, the fence and yan my story vaughn. and that happens with both old paintings niles and works from the 19 sixty's or eighty's. my father is ebbing house and her colleagues that art last register, scour all the major fares for stolen merchandise and make regular catches any paintings, sculptures and photos up for sale at such events. first, have to have their origin and history verified. how shall i live thus him at my hybrid? i've had cases of people screaming at me for half an hour because we found some things with us. it can be awkward, but ultimately the fat organizers say they don't want anything that shouldn't be on sale here for legal or ethical reasons. and exhibitors have to comply on demands

present, misses, dalrish. they're letting them out. every year. art loss register solves around $200.00 cases of stolen art or thieves often face a major problem, while their hall is extremely valuable, it is often an sellable. so why do criminals continue to target museums and galleries? peer, i'm foster gone toford as quince good. fortunately, the immediate reason is utterly been now and at the same time shocking. so just because they can do us deeper criminal criminals can tell how per the security is at public collections. got it from the his unknown because he hits in feeder tater monitor. yes. and a lot of the moni think later about what to do with their hall and then wonder how they're going to be able to get rid of it. so they have to approach the owner to monday, run somebody, what's called to act. nothing, not lose a good. and that's exactly what happened at an internationally renowned frankfurt

gallery in 1994. the churn const holler enjoys frequent collaborations with the likes of the pompidou center and new york's museum of modern art. at the time, it was featuring to works by english painter, william turner shade, and darkness, and light and colors. ah tater, the thieves locked themselves inside him dominates the shin had decided not to have surveillance cameras for financial reasons. he still believing it could insure security using other options. with the building deserted, they overpowered the guards and tied them up. professor, after removing the arch from the wall, they fled via a side exit in the direction of the cathedral, stood before driving off, and van met item climb plans after eventually being able to free themselves. the guards triggered the alarm, and then you had as always, police investigators at the crime scene. wondering who could be responsible for the

vacant excavations on news of the theft was met with shot in germany, britain and across the international art seen as images of the empty walls were published. frankfurt police launched a criminal investigation over in london. the disappearance of the 2 turner's left, the british art, were stunned. they'd been on loan from the cities, tate gallery, one of the world's major collections of modern and british art. at the time, sandy, near was the tates director of programs to turn to none of july 1994. that is sunday says always in my mind and it was nicholas serrato, the director of tate. and he said, we have this terrible news from frankfurt, and i realized i was only just awake. it was very early in the morning. i couldn't it very hard to take in what he was saying. but he explained the the news had come

that these 2 paintings had been stolen from the shan kristela. 3 years later, 2 members of the yugoslav, mafia were convicted for the shirt, break in each sentence to several years in jail. the paintings themselves, however, remained at large. the works in question are beloved in britain, their english creator, joseph mallard, william turner, is considered his country's foremost painter of the romantic era. his style of depicting the elements of fire, water and light, is still to day considered revolutionary. it is quite difficult to say how important j m w tona is to the idea of british painting. he is the kind of way of thinking of british painting becoming something in the were artists before turner. but really he changes the whole of british art.

and he, at the end of his life, he himself decided to make a collection of particular paintings to give to the nation nerin and his colleagues from the tate did. all they could detract. down the 2 works. he made repeated trips to germany to talk to authorities while also holding press conferences on the paintings possible whereabouts. 5 years after the theft, an attorney who had contacts within the frankfurt criminal community, reached out. but he said, i have important information. i have information from people who know where the paintings all. so of course we were very suspicious with you know, how do you have information? what is this information we'd had many, many false leads. i mean, one of the things that emerged was a sense that criminality leads to more criminality. ah,

the tate gallery resorted to negotiating with the criminals. it took until the year, 2002 and a half 1000000 euros for the deal to proceed near and flew to frankfurt and took art expert roy perry with him. yet to know that it was the painting. i mean, what if it had been a copy for if it had been a fake, had been brought back. and so it was crucial that i could say to roy perry, you must examine his 1st. and he had the right recalled see other photographs. but he looked at it and we were waiting. and then he said, he said it's like missing an old friend. and he knew that was the turner. oh, in total, the teeth spent around $4000000.00 euros to recover the paintings. but the strategy of doing business with criminals would prove problematic. vince and

crew from to me that when an arch snapping job like this works, we don't actually get caught and collect a lot of money via a middleman. and then of course, that's an incentive for the thieves to do a to tater. so it was not, it was a story in the media, not just in germany, but world wide front of that is judy when the pictures resurfaced, as the beloved of the tate was pretty opened about having paid money. although that was never any mention of a ransom because they just said it was for information leading to the recovery. advisor did some more award than a ransom in a balloon or in terms of museum security. every successful case is a disaster disease, not the unheard unseat for the tate gallery. it was a total success for the because they got their paintings back approved yamil, belittle the com london, the british capital and the center of the country's art world. accounting for

around 15 percent of global turnover. the british art market is ranked 3rd after china and the u. s. london is also the headquarters for our molly ebbing house and the art loss register. the database for stolen antiques and works of art in its quest to find missing art and return it to its rightful owners. the company works with art dealer's insurance firms and international police investigators. vasquez and vassar san session sat. this is a work we've had here for years that has still to be returned to its owner. anything i'm from us. we're in move this van and deep style. it was the theft we worked with. the dutch police on ham div that's zagging m d t t as i to come at. they took care of the perpetrator side who stole it while we're involved in the objects himself and who it needs to go back to that to take

a look. the painting was stolen in the netherlands years ago. it too has been documented in the art loss register. a record of missing art from all around the world more than 30 years in the making. including works that were plunder during war and the colonial era. he had me guest on the face even as a database now has around $700000.00 items that were looking for on practically a daily basis. and we get new items every day. as of right now during the covered pandemic, there's not so much aunt being stolen, but clocks and jewelry. yes, we currently add between $5.50 objects a day object and so a moment the stolen jewels from the green vault and dresden are also registered in the database with each individual element accompanied by a photo and

a detailed description. the precious items have yet to resurface. although ebbing house is confident, it will happen some day and feed as i can come. some objects hit the market incredibly quickly, which means been taken across a border or to via germany or switzerland and being immediately sought for coughed order or they stay put for a really long time and don't appear on the market until maybe 30 years later. my art lovers around the world, hope the items stolen from the dresden royal palace, will eventually turn up perhaps with the help of the art loss register. but years after the heist, the joules are still missing. the hope is they haven't been broken apart and sold off piece by piece. dresden police, along with private interested parties, set up a special commission to find the jewels. if

a gun i took could cite this might as i know, madison from past experience. sometimes the state of vested gators are successful sometimes to private parties. what matters for me is that they communicate with each other, not when it does limit, and on that they need to work as one. instead of giving the perpetrators the feeling that they can just settle financially with the private side in the still need not worry about committing a crime model. if my kindergarten della does his trough talking bigot. dresden, september 2021. the display case in the green vault has long been repaired, but the loss is still keenly felt. there are gaping holes in the exhibit where the jewels once were. private investigator joseph rash had offered 5000000 euros to buy back the stolen jewels. before long, he received an anonymous phone call from someone claiming to have them

as to that of him one. mm hm. work the 1st meeting was in homburg fulfilled v. i won't say how and on the slides of other and the 2nd one was here in budge. for tao, where i was approached in the car parkway of impact that's always grown blue. so began the most difficult part, negotiating the handover. evidently yoseph crash was himself being watched by the criminals. the man told him to come to another location a few hours later in a remote wooded area. yep, nicky proctor frequent don't you can't say, can i see some id? no way. the civic is wrong. i deliberately parked my car in a way that insured they can see him on my own hospital. so get packed as he does he the comelena. i took my jacket off the show. i didn't have a phone or a wire here. good. either you have to be completely open than to give off when the meeting, which took place in 2020, focused on how the exchange. what happened this asked up front for proof that they

actually had the jewels of shoes or hobby, shown them to the conversation ended up lasting, less than a half an hour. and then he showed it to me with us like attacked. the man had a photo up, one of the pieces with a current edition of a well known magazine of to type shift is st. front of the magazine. you could see his hand on holding these jewels or dizzy was one photo. the get the ta again into she was showing that he had the jewels in the on the date was from august of 2020 in august 2000 sponsored, the private investigator was satisfied that the middleman did indeed have access to the green. vall, jules, the man would return them and collect $5000000.00 euros flesh, then had to wait to be contacted again by the criminals, with details on the exchange. but events then took

a different turn november 2020 a year on from the dresden heist berlin. police carried out one of the biggest series of coordinated raids in the country's history. the operation involved over 1600 police officers searching 18 properties and arresting a number of suspects members of a notorious crime family. but while the authorities celebrated the arrests, there was still no sign of the jewels themselves. the man who had been contacting joseph vash, went silent, and a gush decided to change his strategy and turn up the pressure. the 5000000 euro ransom was now up for grabs for any one, providing information leading to the jewels, the fulfillment cons a heater, cuz he and the 5000000 could be collected by any person who had a solid tip off one that led to a successful outcome didn't image present in was grouped or december 4th. but there

was no response either from the thieves or any one with insider knowledge. the priceless dresden jewelry was still missing. the boda museum in berlin. part of a group of galleries known as museum island, a world heritage site. it houses a diverse collection of sculptures, medals, and coins de syntron via ignore. it really is a phenomenal collection notation by the idea for displaying everything. one place came from phil him from boda, who was one of the 1st directors of the berlin museum scottish command because the kaiser and the state museums had a long history of collecting coins in it includes a lot of precious items made of gold as well with your most quotes in 2010, the boat museum, welcome to a very special edition to its collection. a big maple leaf, the largest coin in the world, weighing in at 100 kilos of pure gold worth more than 4000000 euros on

loan from a private owner in diesel door. the huge coin quickly became a major visitor. attraction. the spouse from a prestige item for the bowden museum has was unrivalled with just 7 of them in the entire world and been far too expensive for a public museum to actually buy he lives so they must have been delighted to get it as a loan goblet blue, the big may believe spent 7 years on display at the boat, a museum. it's sheer size and financial value gave the coin an e. resistible appeal, and not just for our lovers. boys at 3 a. m. 3 young men came up the stairs at the half ish remarked station just over there, and i'm with no trains running at that time of night on foot. there was no risk of dropping down on to the trucks close by to lunch dog. and from there, it was just a couple minutes walk to the boat, a museum. this is footage from the train station security cameras,

which shows 3 men walking down the platform. clearly intent on keeping their faces hidden. it as is, it's a force and from there they went across the railway bridge, right in between the boat, a museum. and the pergola museum was pearlman williams in, by an amount after putting up a letter at the light and they were able to enter via a window that had no alarm, no security. and wasn't covered by a camera hoisted buffer. i'm for, i'm starting. the key to entry was the remains of a bridge that used to connect the 2 museums a protrusion. the thieves made the most of with a letter the window had no security alarm. and behind it, a staff room. the thieves made their way about a 100 meters through the building before reaching their goal. the biggest gold coin on the planet to retail, only switzer to the display case wasn't hard to break open. instead,

they threw everything at the window, thinking it had all be melted down anyway, it was enough. they then took the same way back via that bridge to this park and then made their get away in a car of all sorts of good. i'm all to the from a classic heist. but how could petty thieves sees the biggest and most valuable coin on the planet? to show its log and an indoor chosen is not v sherman museums have. then, as now, a pretty pathetic security set of queen of it, whether it's the boat museum or the green vault. and dresden sha, it's taking. you can be investment in deterrent measures as shockingly low on does this of that is that there was another case with the museum island, where someone's sprayed oil and exhibits refreshments were just a handful of commerce for the food. sa, hardly state of the art. but the stuff, new state of the art, new security failures that have one particular man shaking his head.

boris foxman, the 75 year old dusseldorf art collector is the rightful owner of the now famous gold coin. with insides on, it's something you grow to love and is part of the family for can do for me. proud possession them. and what thought this mother, though, if her walburn hug childrens a part of my heart is missing, as we say, that a major item in my collection, bigger than mine, his own foxman is the son of an art and an stealer. he developed a special relationship to art at an early age. to day, he possesses a collection that he's reluctant to show on camera for security reasons. foxman bought the coin for around 3 and a half 1000000 euros back in 2010. not long after he was contacted by the boda museum, the curators were preparing an exhibition called gold giants,

and hope to have his me belief as the highlight. the sharpness long, you believed i didn't hesitate long. i thought, yes, i'd love for people to be able to see the coin to this is such a rare object needs to be on display for the public from or floating aside for them . his emotional pain is accompanied by financial loss. a berlin court rule that security lapses meant his insurance only had to pay half the official value missing since 2017. the coin is something he doesn't expect to ever see again. but the school? no, i don't think so. it's unlikely that the only fund morton, for only in my dreams are on t v. unfortunately that ah berlin police have dedicated a division of the force to art theft, headed by renee

a launch. his office could be mistaken for a gallery except all the works on display. here are forgeries, a large also worked on the stolen gold coin case dna found at the crime lead investigators to a berlin based crime family to wilmonson. you helped us mum design venson from you . we 1st had to take a close look at this family to work up the internal connections who are the big figures and what the dna told us is what a d. d, an ashburn for was a ha indeed them clean the should. i was the basis for our enquiries. and then we had a whole range of jobs. get stakeouts mit surveillance in preparing raids above a home and blighted ions. it's a forum in february 2020, a berlin court sentenced cousins vis um and act med remo to 4 and a half years in jail. the 2 men refused to comment on the whereabouts of the coin, which was likely melted down. it's not just steve's trying to cash in on

the booming art market. the evidence room at berlin police headquarters is brimming with seized forgeries. including the work of master forger, wolfgang bell. tuchee. a launch has learned how to spot a fake than when this fish flings with money. if you hold it up to the light, you can see a point where the cameras is really fin due to rubbing off is in which is very a typical for the artist in could law. that of guns under luncheon, he worked on completely different materials and the rubbed away canvas always tells us that someone wants us to think it's an old canvas, f up the show in the of the line bundled with such a launch is one of the world's leading art detectives and has come to understand why art is now such hot property, quincy, south and into santas. art is an interesting medium that you can make a lot of money. westcan, quincy looked olsh, but art also attract speculators,

which is why there are so many fraud cases. i'm in the get up on my son. but for most perpetrators, there's also the special attraction, the challenge of stealing a world famous work of art with high security as bus i live, it can fly dot so steel in it. oh, that's an incentive heights. awesome did. and so she totten begin, in most cases, it's about stealing the object, and then turning it into money. so kids ah, amsterdam, not only the dutch capital, but also one of europe's leading cultural centers, a city famed for its rich, artistic heritage. people flocked to visit the galleries here most because they want to see the art but others because they want to steal it. ah, of i still sounding and all feel ashamed. i don't, i don't even apologize. everybody was. busy oh was with him, a neighborhood stole, they stole car radios,

bikes that it burglaries and that is nobody him and i was it i what are you doing? ok, tape durham talks, frankly, about his previous life. as an art thief, he gained notoriety after successfully breaking into the cities. ben, go museum. in 2002. i was walking past a museum and i looked at the ride in as a hey, was said on the roof and that's why i did it. it was the opportunity a window on the roof. the seasoned burglar had identified a weak spot. he then returned with an accomplice at night and left with 2 works by vincent van gogh the daring break in was headline news in the netherlands. it's something you have to understand. you have to be. it's a cultural sunday. i know this is what i don't have the feeling durham initially

kept the stolen van goes hidden, the paintings were worth several 1000000 euros, but were on sellable on the legal art market. once media coverage of the theft had died down, he found a buyer, an italian mafia boss. i said to my friend of that, i'm, are you go find somebody and any found italian guy, you know? and he bought it does whatever. in 2016, the italian police raided a cocaine trafficking plan of the naples based come more a mafia. while searching the properties they discovered a hidden bunker. and inside it, the 2 missing van goes. ah, 14 years after the break in the pieces were returned to their home, the van gogh museum in amsterdam, senior manager, maria fella culp had feared they'd never see the works again. that was

wonderful news in the, in the summer. i september. i 2016. soda was phone call, the director, their phone to painted of her. they found a painting center in in italy as was the rumor, but it was actually true. the story of the stolen paintings had a happy ending. but it's very much the exception. some works of art disappear for far longer on the black market, some forever. although in many cases, the thieves are apprehended in 2004 octave durham was himself eventually convicted and spent 3 years in jail. but his time behind bars does not seem to have reformed him. the ever born teacher, if a boy soccer player, if both policeman, if born of us, i'm a born burger born teeth. i don't know. i don't understand. if they're asking, how does it come? my father asked me, why do you still sell?

no, i just do it, but how come i cannot explain? if i make money, what i'm supposed to be, but i supposed to be doing. so by lectures doing books, i would not steal ever again. but if i'm start to get hungry, little risk, big reward, a combination that makes art theft an increasingly lucrative prospect for criminals and will continue to do so. fears journalists, stephane, called a half, and go to mr. 15th to him in a gerhard richter for 50000000 or a leonardo for 300, will always make the headlines, declare and will continue to do so then, and that continues to give criminals a reason to think about getting a share of these incredibly high prices. the unsuccessful steam, so the only answer is to improve security. and so for bitten, having cameras flashing on and off, instead of being hidden would put thieves alpha, perfect us, tate, at montana up darma. since it was you seems need to give this some serious thoughts

. and urgently need to invest in the right technology in dust, mustang to invest here. and that means everywhere. public museums around the world deserve better protection to prevent them from falling prey to criminals and seeing their treasures disappear. mm mm. a pulse. the beginning of the story that moves us and takes us along for the ride. it's all about the perspective culture information. this is dw news and d, w. made from mines. oh destination

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