Ukraine has recovered 17 paintings, including works by Peter Paul Rubens and Tintoretto, stolen by armed robbers from the Castelvecchio museum in Verona last year, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on May 11.
Reuters: Ukraine recovers 17 paintings stolen from Verona museum
In this videograb released by the Italian police and the Carabinieri on March 17, 2016, men are seen during a robbery of paintings on Nov. 19, 2015 in Castelvecchio's museum in Verona. Italian authorities said they have pinned last year's theft of Rubens and Tintoretto masterpieces in Verona on a Moldovan gang they believe was helped by a museum security guard. But despite ordering 12 arrests in Moldova and Italy they have yet to recover any of the 17 artworks that disappeared in November from the northern city's Castelvecchio museum, which values the missing canvases at 15 million euros ($16 million).
