C’è il superintendent di Archeology, Fine Arts e Landscape di Caserta e Benevento, Mario Pagan, aged 64, among the two persons affected by residence obligation for stolen di artwork why discovered at exchange finds ancient, Between monete e stolen books.
The operation was conducted by the police of the Cultural Heritage Protection Unit of Naples, with the support of the military of the Capua Company, and it was taken at show market di numismatics which was held in a hotel di pastorano (Caserta), a municipality a few kilometers from Capua.
The police had suspicions about one of the vendors present, a 70enne who was arrested and hit with Pagano by the obligation to remain at home. The military hypothesized in particular that the elderly art dealer was selling ancient archaeological finds under the counter. So, when they saw that he was talking and exchanging objects with another person, the 64-year-old superintendent Pagano, the blitz began.
Among the items that were the object of the negotiation, and then seized, there were vases dating back to the 4th century BC, 78 bronze coins from various periods (some from the nineteenth century, others from the late imperial and medieval age) coming from clandestine excavations and two ancient books stolen in Rome in the General House Monastery.
Pagano and the 70-year-old were first arrested in flagrante and then reached by the measure of theresidence obligation issued by gip of the Court di Santa Maria Capua Vetere at the request of Demand.
Article published by Vincenzo Scarpa on September 28, 2022, at 13:15 PM
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