‘View of the Sea at Scheveningen,’ an 1882 Van Gogh painting that was one of two stolen from the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam in 2002. An alleged drug trafficker from Italy who is suspected of purchasing the work on the black market was recently arrested in Dubai. Public domain image of the painting courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
ROME (AP) – One of Italy’s most wanted men, an alleged top drug trafficker suspected of having bought two stolen Van Gogh paintings on the black market, has been arrested in Dubai, Naples-based police said August 19.
