Twenty-one artifacts that were once on display at the Met will soon be heading back to Italy. Investigators say it’s a story that involves looters, smugglers and organized crime.
This is the end of a Manhattan District Attorney's investigation that spanned years and multiple countries.
Investigators say four traffickers in Italy led crime rings in which local looters would raid archaeological sites and then smuggle the stolen antiquities out of the country. Twenty-one of those 58 pieces ended up on display at the Met – including the Marble Head of Athena, which was looted from a temple and landed at the museum in 1996.Tourists like the Frennel family from Atlanta and the Pearce family from Vancouver, Canada say it’s about time that museums confront the legacy of looting – even if there’s less for museum goers to see.
"If they weren’t acquired appropriately, I think they should go back to the other countries," Patrick Fennell, of Atlanta, who was visiting the Met told News 4."If it's stolen and it's here, it should be returned to its rightful owner," Pearce said.
"The mentality is changing so that museums, private collectors, auction houses are much more cooperative," Riccardi said.The Italian military is going to Los Angeles later this week as well to recover more stolen artifacts from the West Coast.
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