Italy Celebrates Return of Stolen Arts — VOA Learning English
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Italy celebrated the return of hundreds of its antiquities from the United States this week. The property included ancient bronze statues, gold coins, mosaics and documents valued at $65 million.
The pieces were stolen years ago. They were later sold to American museums, galleries and collectors. Their return came after a successful criminal investigation.
Officials of Italy’s Carabinieri Command for the Protection of Cultural Heritage presented the returned objects at a press event in Rome.
A team of American officials attended the presentation. They included U.S. Ambassador Jack Markell and Matthew Bogdanos, chief of the antiquities trafficking unit of the New York district attorney's office.
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