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Mafia suspected in Sicily museum art heist of Antonello da Messina paintings

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Four paintings by Renaissance master Antonello da Messina were stolen from the Accascina Regional Museum in Sicily, raising concerns about organized crime involvement. The speed of the theft and the value of the artworks suggest they might be used as collateral or bargaining chips within the criminal underworld. This incident has drawn parallels to the unsolved 1969 disappearance of a Caravaggio masterpiece in Palermo, which was also linked to the Cosa Nostra mafia. AI

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Mafia suspected in Sicily museum art heist of Antonello da Messina paintings

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Reuters ·

    Mafia link feared in theft of grand master paintings from Sicily museum

    The theft ⁠of four paintings by Renaissance master Antonello da Messina may have involved organised crime and raised troubling questions about security at a museum in the Sicilian artist’s hometown, a local official said on Monday. Enzo Caruso, Messina’s councillor for culture, s…

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