Art theft ranks fourth among the most profitable crimes according to the United Nations.
One famous story involves the fortuitous recovery of Henri Matisse's painting "Woman Sitting in an Armchair." The artwork remained stolen for 72 years, from 1940 until 2012, when it was returned to the heirs of art dealer and owner Paul Rosenberg.
The narrative goes that in 2010, during a train journey between Zurich and Munich, security officials conducted a routine inspection of passengers. They became suspicious of an elderly man named "Cornelius Gurlitt" carrying a large sum of cash. German authorities subsequently searched his apartment and made a startling discovery: a treasure trove of 1,000 artworks by renowned artists like Picasso, Matisse, Chagall, and Corot, among others. The collection was valued at approximately one billion dollars, including Matisse's painting "Woman Sitting in an Armchair." Gurlitt's father had been an art dealer who aided the Nazis in selling stolen artworks during World War II.
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