Nine Moldovan citizens investigated for stealing paintings worth EUR 9 mln in Italy

17 August 2026 Nine citizens of the Republic of Moldova are currently under investigation in Italy in connection with the theft of three paintings signed by Paul Cézanne, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Henri Matisse. The paintings were stolen on the night of March 22 to 23 from the Fondazione Magnani Rocca museum in Mamiano

Italian authorities have recovered three paintings by Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse, worth more than €9 million, months after they were stolen from a private museum near Parma. Five Moldovan suspects have been detained, with police saying the gang had carefully planned the heist and was equipped to disable the museum's s

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