International Alerts - Stolen Artefacts

Theft of 5 cultural properties from the Iglesia Católica de San Mateo Tlacoxcalco, Puebla, Mexico. The theft took place on 14 January 2020.

Please follow the link for the details (in Spanish) of the stolen object.

Theft of 36 cultural objects from the Fuerte de Guadalupe Museum, Puebla, Mexico. The theft took place on 27 December 2019.

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Theft of 23 cultural objects from a private collection in Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala. The theft took place in September 2019.

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On 16 May 2015, an important collection of 300 religious objects were stolen from a private collection in La Antigua, Guatemala. The objects dated from the XVII, XVIII, XIX and XX centuries, and most of them were made of silver. 

• Electronic Object ID in Spanish published by the Ministry of Culture and Sport of Guatemala with a short description and picture of each missing item:
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5 February 2014 - six important paintings and other objects of religious significance were stolen from El Calvario church in La Antigua, a city in the Sacatepéquez region. The paintings originated from the 18th century and were by the renowned Guatemalan artist Tomás de Merlo. Electronic Object ID in Spanish published by the Ministry of Culture and Sport of Guatemala with a short description and picture of each missing item:1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9| 10 | 11 | 12 |

Theft of a documentary cultural property from the Archivo Histόrico Nuclear del Ecuador, Pichincha Province, Quito Canton, on mid-2019.

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Theft of 22 archeological objects from the Jama Municipal Museum, Manabí Province, at the end of July 2017.

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Theft of a cultural object from the Rosario Church, Guano-Chimborazo Canton on 21 May 2016.

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Theft of two (2) icons from the church of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary, municipal district of Exohe, Konitsa, Ioannina region, Greece.The theft took place in 30 September 2018.

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Theft of a portable icon in wooden substrate that represents Saint Nicholas from the church of Saint Nikolas, Vrontero, Florina, Greece. The theft took place on August 21, 2018.

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Theft of one (1) object from the White Tower Museum, Thessaloniki, Greece. It is one female statuette probably of Venus from orange-brown clay. It is assumed the theft occurred between 25 February 2011 and 13 April 2018. Please follow the link for the details of the stolen object. Four (4) icons and one (1) ecclesiastical object were lost from the house of Michael Rombotis (Kalamaria, Thessaloniki, Greece). Please follow the link for the details of the lost artefacts.

Eleven (11) icons were stolen from the church of the Saint Nicholas, municipal district of Saint Barbara, Konitsa, Ioannina region (Epirus, North-West Greece). The theft of the icons was found out on 22-8-2018.

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Six ancient coins were stolen from a private house in Kallithea, in the suburbs of Athens. The theft took place in 30-07-2016.

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Theft of seventeen ancient objects from the private collection of Mrs Bonanou Sofia-Aggeliki, at Halandri, Attica. They are thirteen (13) ancient vases and four (4) terracotta statuettes. Follow the link for the details of the stolen objects. Theft of five silver reliquaries stolen from the Monastery of Presentation of Mary in the temple, at Peristerion, Ioannina region. Follow the link for the details of the stolen objects. One ancient object was stolen from the Archaeological Museum of Nemea, Corinthian region. Follow the link for the details of the stolen objects. A relief marble slab with the representation of Virgin Mary orant (probably middle-byzantine period) was stolen from the Church of Transfiguration, Vouni, Dirphyon-Messapion Municipality, Euboea. Follow the link for the details of the stolen objects.

Theft of sixteen (16) ancient objects from a private collection in Athens, Greece. The exact time of the theft is not known, though it is later than 2009.

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Twelve (12) icons were stolen from the church of the Saints Apostles at Molyvdoskepastos, Konitsa, Ioannina region (Epirus, North-West Greece). The theft of icons took place between 19 and 20 January 2017.

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