Two priceless Van Goghs
stolen from Amsterdam's Van Gogh Museum in December 2002 were
among the assets recovered from a drug-trafficking clan in the
Neapolitan Camorra mafia Friday.
The works are worth some $100 million, investigative
sources said.
The paintings are The Beach At Scheveningen During A Storm
(1882) and Congregation Leaving The Reformed Church of Neunen
(1884-1885).
Some of the gang who stole the Van Goghs and other
paintings were arrested a year later but the haul was never
found.
Assets worth tens of millions of euros were seized from the
Camorra group.
Premier Matteo Renzi congratulated Italian police on the
operation and spoke about the paintings' recovery with Dutch
Premier Mark Rutte as they both attended the funeral Friday of
Israeli statesman Shimon Peres.
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