Operation Eridanos led to the dismantling of a criminal network involved in illegal archaeological excavations and the illicit trafficking of ancient artifacts and coins. In recent days, the Carabinieri of the Cultural Heritage Protection…
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An investigation by the Carabinieri’s Cultural Heritage Protection Unit (TPC) in Palermo led to the recovery of artistic, archaeological, bibliographic, and archival assets with a total estimated value of approximately 400,000 euros…
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Carabinieri from the Venice Cultural Heritage Protection Unit have returned to the state a portion of an early-imperial Roman funerary monument, recovered at the end of an investigation coordinated by the Venice Public Prosecutor's Office…
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Presented today, at the Caserma "La Marmora" in Rome, headquarters of the Carabinieri Operational Department for the Protection of Cultural Heritage (TPC), 337 cultural goods returned from the United States at the end of operations…
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The protection of Etruscan artistic and cultural heritage represents a test of primary importance for Italy, considering the historical and identity value of finds and their vulnerability to illegal trafficking and clandestine excavation…
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A fragment of a fresco from the suburban villa of Civita Giuliana, north of Pompeii, has returned to the availability of Pompeii Archaeological Park after being spotted within a private collection in the United States. The work depicts…
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In the first week of December 2025, the Carabinieri's Cultural Heritage Protection Unit (TPC) in Venice handed over to the Soprintendenza Archeologia, Belle Arti e Paesaggio for the metropolitan city of Venice a collection of ten…
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On Nov. 18, 2025, the Carabinieri Unit for the Protection of Cultural Heritage in Venice handed over to the Royal Museums of Turin and the Soprintendenza Archeologia, Belle Arti e Paesaggio for the metropolitan city of Venice twelve…
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