Property owners can query the Carabinieri if a suspect object appears in these archives. The unit will answer provided the person asking is transparent about who the owner is and where the object is located. The auction house would need consignor permission to disclose that information.

Serop stored material in Germany and Switzerland over the years (he was in business for decades). After that the cartonnage pieces were purchased in the US, tumbled around a bit there and then went to Australia.

The provenance mentions interesting collectors and dealers, one of whom is indicted in France and sitting in a care facility in Germany. So the piece moved Egypt →UAE→Germany or Switzerland→USA → Australia. Motto of story, don't ignore restitution ceremonies. art-crime.blogspot.com/2025/11/red-...

and Voila! I could then match the cartonnage in the video to this online auction at Artemis Fine Arts in Colorado! 4 of 5 www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/...

Scrolling further I found this video which has the cartonnage at 0:22 on this video. 3 of 5 x.com/AlArabiya_EG...

Given that MP Burke's post didn't show the objects, I scrounged around on social media sites looking to see if any of the ministries posted clear imagery of the items. Mostly I found one tabletop photo with some pieces and a few paper printouts. 2 of 5 x.com/AlAhram/stat...

@bellingcat.com also has an art crime channel on their Discord server:
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They are also hosting an art crime office hours today (6pm CET/12pm EST) for more OSINT in the art and antiquities crime world. discord.gg/zRwbNtfm?eve...

Yesterday mainstream French media begin naming the two arrestees in the Louvre museum theft as Ayed G, and Abdoulaye N., who was described as a social media personality called "Doudou Cross Bitume" known for street racing on public streets in Paris.

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