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60 people are arrested as a result of an international art trafficking

A major international crackdown on art trafficking in 14 European countries has resulted in the arrest of 60 suspects and the recovery of 11,049 stolen artifacts.
With the aid of Europol and INTERPOL, Spain's Guardia Civil oversaw Pandora VII, an operation that was known as such.

The operational phase of this year's annual Pandora operation took place between September 13 and September 24, 2022, and thousands of checks were conducted there and at other airports, ports of entry, and border crossing points, as well as in auction houses, museums, and private residences.

Over 8 495 online checks were conducted during the two cyber patrol weeks that were organized during Pandora VII, which were held in May and October, respectively. 4 017 stolen goods were also seized.

Investigators around the world are pursuing those who are tampering with and destroying cultural heritage, and as a result, there are still about 130 investigations open. As a result, more seizures and arrests are expected.

operational high points.
Along with other stolen artifacts, Pandora VII resulted in their return.

77 antiquarian books were taken from an online marketplace in Italy by the Italian Command for the Protection of Cultural Heritage (Arma dei Carabinieri). A monastery's archives were where the books had been taken from.
In Sevilla, Spain, the Civil Guard (Guardia Civil) found a Roman marble bust of a woman. The statue is thought to represent Salonia Matidia, the emperor Traian's niece.
The Polish Police Service removed 3 073 antiquated coins from an online auction site. Romanian law enforcement officers also found an additional 117 Dacian and Roman coins that had been stolen from an archaeological site.
The Portuguese authorities found 48 religious sculptures and other artifacts of a religious nature. These items are thought to be connected to a string of 15 church robberies that occurred in northern Portugal between 1992 and 2003. A total of 41 additional religious and liturgical items (altarpieces, moldings, etc. (after a house search in Greece) were also seized by the Hellenic Police.
At a post office in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 13 archaeological artifacts from the Russian Federation were seized, including jewelry.
collaborating internationally.
Pandora VII was attended by the following nations: Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

By facilitating information exchange and offering operational and analytical support, Europol was crucial to the success of the entire operation.

Through its I-24/7 secure communication system, INTERPOL linked nations in the Balkans and the European Union that were involved in the exchange of information. The organization also provided support for the entire operation by assigning a dedicated expert to double-check searches against INTERPOL's Stolen Works of Art Database in order to locate and identify items that had been stolen and items that were still missing. The mobile app ID-Art from INTERPOL was also used by local officers.

A yearly law enforcement operation, Operation Pandora was introduced in 2016. It is done as part of EMPACT, the European Multidisciplinary Platform Against Criminal Threats.

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Re: 60 people are arrested as a result of an international art trafficking

Its a rare occurrence in this such crime of trafficking artifact, the historical world and the beauty of imagination its what encourage the investment in such art. How is it possible for the sales of it.

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Re: 60 people are arrested as a result of an international art trafficking

Artifacts are well value piece of art which more acknowledge in the most country or art such as Germany, Russians,Egyt and other countries,and artifacts are add to restore once its stolen. Same goes to Tagore's Noble prize which is no where to be found up till date.