Tag: looted
Greece to recover 351 looted antiquities
The legal battle lasted seventeen years, but Greece prevailed. The Greek Ministry of Culture announced, on the night of Friday May 19 to Saturday May 20, that 351 looted antiquities,…
Looted by foreign boats, African fish become too expensive for Senegalese
Off West Africa, the sea is teeming with fish. Sardines, mackerel, groupers, which are basic ingredients of local cuisine, from Senegal to Cameroon. For how much longer ? Massively fished…
Orderly restitution of a painting looted by the Nazis from a cousin of Marcel Proust
By Le Figaro with AFP Posted on 01/27/2023 at 20:16, Update on 01/27/2023 at 21:12 French justice has sentenced Christie’s, an English auction house involved in the case, to pay…
Crypto: BTC.com mining pool attacked and looted by hackers, who recovered a nice loot
Samir Rahmoun December 29, 2022 at 4:00 p.m. 12 Shutterstock The BTC.com cryptocurrency miner pool has fallen victim to a rather expensive hack. And the company is not the only…
Art treasures that were once looted: Germany returns bronzes to Benin
Once plundered art treasures Germany returns Benin bronzes 12/19/2022, 8:22 p.m With the return of 20 Benin bronzes, Claudia Roth and Annalena Baerbock want to set an example for coming…
Scammers looted a crypto investor’s account
Online investment fraud offenses are on the rise. This year, more than 800 reports have already been received by the police across Switzerland. Stefan* was the victim of such a…
In Carinthia & East Tyrol – car crackers on a loot tour: several cars looted
Several cars were broken into in various parking lots on Sunday and valuables were stolen from them. Not only in East Tyrol, but also in Carinthia. Several vehicles were targeted…
Football: how do stars get looted by those around them?
Cyrille de la Morinerie, edited by Gauthier Delomez 06:15, September 21, 2022modified to 07:48, September 21, 2022 The Paul Pogba affair has highlighted the dangers that await football stars. With…
Agreement on Benin bronzes: Berlin returns looted art to Nigeria
Agreement on Benin Bronzes Berlin returns looted art to Nigeria 06/28/2022, 6:05 p.m Museums in Germany house extensive collections of Benin bronzes. They mostly come from looting during the colonial…
Legal battle around the “Marie-Madeleine” of Proust’s cousin, looted by the Nazis
Another, identical version of “Sainte Marie-Madeleine pénitente”, by Adriaen van der Werff (1707), exhibited in Munich. The original is currently held by Christie’s. BAYERISCHE STAATSGEMÄLDESAMMLUNGEN, MUNICH When, in the spring…
Bullion looted 40 years ago from 18th century shipwreck found in US
Sunk in 1746, the Prince of Conty finds himself at the heart of an international judicial inquiry. Three suspects have been indicted for the theft and concealment of the treasure…
Crypto assets looted for $438,000
the Twitter-Accounts from personalities and institutions including the University of the Philippines and the NFT marketplace OpenSea, have fallen victim to a number of hacks in recent months. The aim…