Important stolen artworks returned from Italy to Spain with support of Eurojust

Eurojust has played a pivotal role in returning 66 stolen historic artworks from Italy to Spain. In one case, 65 precious paintings and an altarpiece were returned with the support of European Investigation Orders (EIOs), among other measures. In an unrelated case, a wooden carved statue, stolen from a church in Palencia, Spain, in 1979, was handed over to the Spanish authorities following its discovery and subsequent investigations in Genoa.