The 114-year-old iron sculpture of a steam locomotive was stolen from the roof of a train station in 1983

Guidelines for returning objects looted from former colonies and during the Nazi period are laid out in a report commissioned by Emmanuel Macron and written by former Louvre director Jean-Luc Martinez

Preston Jay Spotted Eagle has been sentenced to five years probation on charges of stealing government property from his former employer, the Museum of the Plains Indian on the Blackfoot reservation in Montana

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has made its Nation Stolen Art File, most commonly used by law enforcement, available on mobile to the public

A lead in a 1970s cold case led investigators to a trove of stolen historical weapons; now, these objects are being returned to the institutions they belong to

Decades after it was stolen from the Worcester Art Museum, collector Clifford Schorer spotted a missing Dutch Golden Age painting printed on a throw pillow

Announcement was made during the trial of six men which began in January and is due to resume this week

Authorities are now taking legal steps to recover the work after it made €387,500 at Grisebach

Belle et Belle gallery has now been dissolved, closing the chapter on a decade-long criminal investigation

Work was in the possession of three suspects who have been arrested for involvement in the trade of narcotics

Spanish police say they used the ID-art programme to successfully spot stolen Roman coins worth €200,000

A slashed Velázquez and a burnt Banksy achieved notoriety, but vandalism in the name of the NFT faces ethical hurdles

New report by special police force finds increase in security and surveillance technology has dissuaded dealers in stolen art

The suspect is linked to a Frans Hals theft, which should help track down paintings from two museums

The copy of Leonardo's $450m painting was taken from the Museum of San Domenico Maggiore last year

Paintings by Monet, Van Gogh and Cézanne, which were stolen in dramatic art heists, are available to view online

When works of art are taken multiple times, it is often more about criminal prestige or bargaining chips for reducing prison sentences

Hong Kong police have arrested three men in relation to a $645m heist that included calligraphy by the Communist leader and other revolutionary art and ephemera

Will Arthur Brand’s images of the stolen painting lead to a recovery?

Terry Frost's work, which was last seen on a train between London Euston and Crewe, joins a long list of disappearances associated with public transport

Plus, Laura Cumming on Breugel. Produced in association with Christie's

London-based Old Masters dealer says that the works are “an unusual group to steal—neither priceless nor small fry”

Missing since 2012, around 1,300 prints have been returned to their rightful owner, who used to sell Creme's works