Recovering Artwork Owned by U.S. Government
Using the National Stolen Art File to recover missing artworks owned by the U.S. government.
View ArticleIraqi Antiquities Returned
Artifacts seized in a 2006 investigation were returned to the government of Iraq.
View ArticleNew Top Ten Art Crime
An oil painting by French Impressionist Pierre Auguste Renoir stolen from a Houston home last year—and estimated to be worth $1 million—is the newest addition to the FBI’s Top Ten Art Crimes list.
View Article$5 Million Reward Offered for Return of Stolen Gardner Museum Artwork
The FBI and the Gardner Museum in Boston are seeking the return of 13 pieces of art stolen in 1990.
View ArticleFBI Seeking Owners of Stolen Artwork
The FBI has posted pictures and information about 28 rare maps and books in the hopes that the individuals or institutions who own them will come forward to claim them.
View ArticleStill Seeking Clues in Biggest Art Theft in U.S. History
Biggest art theft case in U.S. history.
View ArticleISIL and Antiquities Trafficking
The FBI is asking for help in halting the trade of looted and stolen cultural artifacts.
View ArticleA Wartime Loss Found
Painting allegedly looted by Nazis in WWII was found in Ohio and returned to Poland.
View ArticleFBI Returns Darwin Letter to Smithsonian Archives
A stolen 1875 letter is back at the Smithsonian after being recovered by the Art Crime Team.
View ArticleForged Provenance
An art dealer who sold fake pieces based on bogus historic documents he created is behind bars for his fraud scheme, but many victims may still unknowingly own his phony works.
View ArticleStolen Art Returned
A 1911 painting by Marc Chagall stolen from an elderly couple’s Manhattan home in 1988 is being returned to the family’s estate after being hidden in a Maryland attic for nearly 30 years.
View ArticleRuby Slippers Recovered
A pair of ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in the 1939 film ‘The Wizard of Oz’ and stolen from the actress’ namesake museum in Minnesota more than a decade ago has been recovered.
View ArticleA Brush with the Law
A prominent New York gallery owner is spending time behind bars for his role in an elaborate scheme to defraud art dealers and collectors out of millions of dollars.
View ArticleArt Crime
The FBI's Art Crime Team is seeking to identify the rightful owners of more than 7,000 artifacts recovered from an Indiana farm in 2014 that were taken from locations spanning the globe.
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