The French presidential palace was stolen. These thieves are bold
4hw.com.cn: Paris, July 7 (Lujia) - seven works of art from the French presidential palace were stolen and reported in Paris in June this year. It is reported that thousands of state-owned assets in the Elysee Palace of the French presidential palace, the Matignon palace of the prime minister's palace, the central and local governments and embassies have "disappeared".
According to the Parisian newspaper reported on the 6th, the town bandit Brigade (BRB) of the Paris police station recently received a report submitted by the French National Center for Plastic Arts (CNAP) in June. The report said that seven works of art in the Elysee Palace were stolen, including wooden, ceramic and copper sculptures, worth thousands of euros. What shocked the police was not the value of the case, but the location of the theft in the Elysee Palace and its surrounding buildings.
In fact, France has earlier found that thousands of state-owned assets have "disappeared" from the presidential palace, the prime minister's office, the national assembly, the Senate, the city hall, embassies and consulates, museums and other places. After the national audit court issued an amazing report, France established the national art collection Committee (crdoa) in 1997 to manage it. According to the statistics of the committee, there are more than 50000 stolen items, and there are thousands of stolen items in the Elysee Palace alone. A large number of these items are considered difficult to retrieve due to the lack of accurate documents or poor preservation of records.
On the other hand, the 'disappearance' of many works of art is not due to poor management, but theft. Jean Philippe & middot, chairman of the national art collection Committee; Jean Philippe vachia said that by the end of 2018, relevant institutions had filed 2300 theft complaints about the 'disappearance' of works of art, including 87 complaints from the Elysee Palace and about 60 complaints from the Matignon palace of the prime minister's office since 2015. At present, 900 new complaints are being handled and will be submitted next month. Jean Philippe & middot; Wakia stressed that only when we get complete information about the stolen goods will we initiate a complaint.
Jean Philippe & middot; Wakia said that many works of art have been stolen for many years and have not attracted enough attention. The police often pay more attention to those items and cases of great value. These stolen goods are worth tens of thousands of euros. They may not be masterpieces, but they have important commemorative value. He also lamented that these works of art were obviously not well protected. 'before 2000, when many government employees left the organization & lsquo; Hand in hand & rsquo; Take some & lsquo; Souvenir & rsquo It is reported that the stolen items also include lamps, tableware, etc., some of which will later appear on second-hand websites for resale.
Similar incidents are common in French local governments. The province of LOZ & egrave; re once revealed that a chief executive appropriated the items of Louis XVI and Napoleon III collected in his official residence. In Haute Loire Province, a vice governor 'took' a painting in his government and hung it in place with a fake. After the incident was exposed, he was sentenced to two years' imprisonment.
The state art collection Committee said that since the establishment of the list of valuables, this situation has become less and less, and the number of missing items has decreased year by year. For example, in the Elysee Palace, inspections are now conducted every year and a census is conducted every five years. " Whenever a new official takes over the office, he must sign a list of valuables and check it when he leaves. " Jean Philippe & middot; Vakia said.