theft
Timber theft, a profitable business, is on the increase in French forests. The gendarmes of Yvelines are tracking down looters, who are responsible for ecological disasters. A forest that existed just a few months ago has been nearly completely eradicated. In Septeuil, located in the Yvelines department, authorities have been probing into the theft of wood for more than a year. The thieves cut the trunks themselves in the surrounding forests. "The type of trees that have been cut down are the beautiful, healthy ones, and what's left are the thin, sickly ones", points out Gabriel Ducrest, comma...
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"There's no place like home", but Judy Garland's iconic ruby red slippers from The Wizard of Oz are off on a world tour instead, ahead of being put up for sale. Stolen nearly 20 years ago from the Judy Garland Museum in the late actor’s hometown, the recovered slippers were given to an auction company, which plans to take them on an international tour - dates for which have yet to be announced. They will go up for auction in December 2024, an official with Dallas-based Heritage Auctions said Monday (18 March). “You cannot overstate the importance of Dorothy’s ruby slippers: They are the most i...
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The 1884 painting ‘The Parsonage Garden at Neuen in Spring’ by Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh, has been put on display for the first time since its theft in 2020. The painting is at the Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam, before it returns to its home at the Groninger Museum in Groningen from March 29 as part of the ‘150 Years of the Groninger Museum – Behind the Scenes’ exhibition. ‘The Parsonage Garden at Neuen in Spring’ was stolen from the Singer Laren Museum where it was on loan from Groningen on 30 March 2020. Valued between €3-6 million, it is one of the first paintings by the art...
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