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Aug 17, 2026
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Mafia link feared in theft of Renaissance paintings from Sicilian museum
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Mafia link feared in theft of Renaissance paintings from Sicilian museum
CRISPIAN BALMER
REUTERS
PUBLISHED 2 HOURS AGO
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The Museo Regionale di Messina, where four artworks by 15th-century painter Antonello da Messina were stolen, in Sicily on Sunday.
DANILO ARNONE/REUTERS
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The theft of four paintings by Renaissance master Antonello da Messina may have involved organized crime and raised troubling questions about security at a mus…
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