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Manhattan District Attorney Returns Two Antiquities Worth $1.26 M to Libya 
The Manhattan District Attorney’s office announced Friday it had returned two antiquities worth $1.26 million to Libya that had previoulsy been smuggled and held by the British art dealer Robin Symes.
Manhattan District Attorney’s Office returns two looted statues to Libya from the collection of disgraced former dealer Robin Symes
The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office has announced the return of two statues, collectively valued at $1.26 million, to their rightful home in Libya. The artefacts, Marble Face of a Ptolemaic Queen and Female Bust, were stolen from the ancient city of Cyrene, located near modern-day Shahhat, and smuggled out by notorious British art trafficker Robin Symes, whose storied role as a liaison for antiquities smuggling networks across the world spans multiple decades and jurisdictions. Symes had acquired the two sculptures for his personal collection, hiding them in a New York storage unit for more than 20 years.
US returns two looted antiquities to Libya
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, Jr. announced Friday the return of two antiquities collectively valued at $1.26 million to the people of Libya, saying in a statement that the pieces, “Marble Face of a Ptolemaic Queen” and “Female Bust,” were looted from the ancient city of Cyrene and smuggled by convicted British art trafficker Robin Symes, who served as the front man for multiple smuggling networks selling looted antiquities to high-end European and American buyers.
City under siege: Crime perception vs. reality
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg says, "I live here, I'm raising my family here, so we have a lot more work to do." FOX 5 NY's Lisa Evers spoke one on one with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg in Harlem. He's referring to the latest NYPD statistics that show shooting incidents down 24.7%, in the first six months of this year and murders down by 3%. Robberies burglaries and shoplifting also declined. He told Lisa one reason is daily communication between prosecutors and law enforcement partners.
Trio Indicted In Delivery Man Disguise East Harlem Murder Plot: DA
A trio of men accused of planning the murder of a man in East Harlem that included one of them wearing a wig and dressing up as a delivery man were recently indicted on a variety of charges, the Manhattan District Attorney's Office announced.
Six Charged With Organizing Illegal Donations to Adams’s 2021 Campaign
A retired inspector who worked and socialized with Mayor Eric Adams when they were both members of the New York Police Department was charged on Friday with conspiring with four construction executives and a bookkeeper to funnel illegal donations to Mr. Adams’s 2021 campaign.
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