[MSN] LATEST: ethnographic objects stolen in National Gallery Harare, Zimbabwe, June 2006 all recovered in Poland

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June this year a daytime robbery took place in the National Gallery in
Harare, Zimbabwe. The guard chasing the culprit most unfortunately was
stopped by the crowd.

Thanks to the intervention of the deputy director of the National Museums
and Monuments in Zimbabwe the National Gallery decided to publish
information about this theft plus photographs on the Museum Security Network
website.

Some 5 weeks ago the stolen objects were offered to a collector/dealer in
the USA by a seller in Poland (!). This good-faith collector contacted me
because the objects offered seemed to be the ones published on the MSN site
(!).

We informed the authorities, and thanks to a great performance by all those
involved, including Polish police, the stolen objects have been confiscated,
and the thief has been arrested.

A great example where international cooperation managed to beat a cross
border criminal.

We do congratulate the Zimbabwean National Gallery with the recovery of the
stolen items.

Ton Cremers


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