This is a journalistic inquiry by  Saz Productions, Inc. to acquire information for a television  & new media production.  In the process we hope to publicize lost art and offer assistance towards its recovery.  Collectors, journalists, researchers, police, and others with questions or contributions e-mail saz@saztv.com 

* December 2005
Burglars steal 350 pieces of jewelry from Lebanon's presidential palace
Reward offered in search for stolen Moore sculpture
Thieves swipe Picasso painting, Chagall lithograph from Palm Desert art gallery

*November 2005
Arrested - suspect stole Elvis Presley Jewelry worth $300,000
Jackson Pollock Oil Painting, Andy Warhol Silkscreen Stolen From Pennsylvania Museum

* October 2005
Maori statue stolen from New Zealand city
ARTE E CARABINIERI: RECUPERATE LE OPERE DI CESARE BRANDI

*September 2005
Getty Trust failed to disclose documents in Italian probe
New hope for finding missing Peking Man
African masks returned to museum
Stolen masterpieces recovered (more on the Rembrandt and Renoir recoveries)
More about confiscated Stolen Rembrandt painting
Quick action leads to recovery of rare violin
Italy: Stolen art worth £1m recovered
Naples statue thieves strike again, police say
Le Portrait d'homme de Millet, volé au muséede Reims, a été retrouvé
Diebe in St. Leonhards-Kapelle 14 Bronzereliefs / Entrüstung in ganz Dalberg
Diebstahl ausMuseum für Völkerkunde in München - Wertvolle Maske verschwunden
Czech 'treasure' turns out to be a fake
Roma ordena a Lérida devolver 113 obras a las parroquias de la Franja

*August 2005
Ölgemälde aus Museum gestohlen
Polizei klärt spektakulären Kunstraub auf
Thieves steal fake Munch artworks
Former worker held in art thefts
Egypt: 7 Convicted in Antiquities Smuggling Trial
$50,000 Olmec mask stolen at Sweeney
Volo Auto Museum Offers $1 Million for James Dean Death Car
Ruby slippers stolen from the Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapids
Wax head of Mozart is stolen from museum
Stolen Property On-Line Registry Database Created By Swift-Find
Conference on art theft at the British Museum:
"Rogues Gallery: An Investigation Into Art Theft"

* July 2005
Ritrovata dai Carabinieri la "Cleopatra" di Guido Reni
St. PetersburgTimes: Police Seize Chagall Painting
Priceless gold stolen from Maritime Museum
Hundreds of stolen relics found in northern home
France's Missing Manuscripts
Study for larger Delacroix work stolen from art gallery
9/11 hijacker 'sought funds through antiquities smuggling'

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