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A Dozen Looted Artifacts Are Returned to Lebanon
New York and federal authorities handed back 12 looted antiquities valued at $9 million to Lebanon on Thursday, including three objects removed from the Metropolitan Museum of Art last year during a flurry of multimillion-dollar seizures there.
Manhattans’ D.A. Bragg Returns 12 Antiquities To Lebanon
Nine of the objects were recovered pursuant to an ongoing criminal investigation into Georges LOTFI, a prolific antiquities trafficker who is the subject of an international arrest warrant. The 12 items were returned during a repatriation ceremony attended by Lebanon’s Consul General in New York, Ambassador Abir Taha Audi, and U.S. Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI”) Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge Thomas Acocella.
D.A. Bragg Announces Return of 12 Antiquities To The People of Lebanon
“These pieces sat in apartments, storage units and museums when they should have been in Lebanon. As we have demonstrated time and time again, there is no trafficking scheme or network too complex for our Office. Stolen antiquities that come through Manhattan will be repatriated to their home country,” said District Attorney Bragg.
“Full and Fair”: D.A. issues first restitution from Stolen Wage Fund
In March 2021, construction workers at the midtown Virgin Hotel reported missing paychecks and wage theft. They were employees of Ampak Electrical Services and had been performing electrical work at the hotel.
D.A. Bragg Announces Guilty Plea of Tyreke Colon For Trafficking Guns From North Carolina
“Tyreke Colon threatened the safety of our neighborhoods by bringing dangerous firearms into the City up the iron pipeline,” said District Attorney Bragg. “Thankfully, the work of the detectives and prosecutors in this investigation prevented these guns from falling into the wrong hands. Our message is simple: if you illegally sell guns in Manhattan, there will be serious consequences.”
NY lawyer who used firm funds on jewelry and hotels pleads guilty to theft
A New York lawyer accused of stealing more than $1.2 million from his law firm to spend on a $40,000 diamond-encrusted Cartier watch, a $57,000 diamond ring and other purchases pleaded guilty on Tuesday, Manhattan prosecutors said.
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