Roof Art shows up in Ukraine

odessa - The seventeen valuable paintings stolen in spectacular fashion from a museum in Verona in Italy last year, found in Ukraine. Reported that the Ukrainian president Porosjenko. When the police catch are important works by Peter Paul Rubens, Jacopo Tintoretto and Andrea Mantegna. There is no one arrested. The works were found on an island in a river between Ukraine and Moldova.

In November last year forced three masked gunmen inside the Museo di Castelvecchio in Verona. A security guard and another employee were bound and taken valuable paintings from the wall. The trio drove away in the car of the agent.

In March, reported the Italian authorities, though they had arrested 13 suspects, both in Italy and in Moldova. Among them was the guard during the robbery.

According Porosjenko sent the work from Moldova in the Odessa region. A group of criminals that took them into custody. The president argues that the finding proves that Ukraine is fighting effectively against theft and smuggling. The total value of the recovered paintings is around 16 million.

In 2005, were stolen from the West Frisian Museum in Hoorn 24 paintings. Last month, four were found in Ukraine. It went according to museum director Ad Geerdink to the largest and most valuable paintings from the art loot: Kitchen Piece of Foris van Schooten, Peasant Hendrick Boogaert and Women's World and Return of Jephthah, both Jacob Waben.

About the whereabouts of the remaining twenty works last month was not disclosed. Previously informed this newspaper that twelve canvases according to sources close to the investigation by Ukrainian criminals smuggled to Poland.