U.S. Undercover Sting Results in Seizure of Stolen Matisse Painting Believed Stolen from Caracas Museum

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Monday, October 1, 2012
Author: 
Bruce Zagaris
Volume: 
28
Issue: 
10
Abstract: 

 

On July 17, 2012, FBI agents in Miami arrested two persons in a sting operation and seized a Matisse painting worth approximately $3 million and believed to be stolen from a Caracas museum.[1]



[1]               William Neuman, Topless Woman Found Details Sketch, N.Y. Times, July 19, 2012.