Art Loss Register

A painting belonging to a Jewish family who were forced to flea Germany under the Nazi’s has been returned to the family’s remaining heir with the help of The Art Loss Register.

A 2900-year-old Chinese bronze vessel that was stolen 40 years ago has been returned to China following a repatriation ceremony.

The British Museum has begun a series of measures to try to recover the 2000 jewellery items that were stolen from its collection.

A conference organised by The Art Loss Register will focus on forensic science and technology and its use in the art world.

An Anglo-Saxon brooch stolen from Rutland County Museum has been returned 26 years after it went missing.

An Afghan limestone sculpture believed to have been stolen during the Afghan civil war (1992-94), when Kabul was besieged, surfaced at an auction house in the UK last year.

A bronze statue by Henri Matisse has been rediscovered after it was stolen nearly 30 years ago.

Four Chinese jade vessels have sold for 10 times their estimate after being stolen more than 12 years ago.

Dutch Old Master marine painting looted by the Nazis during the Warsaw Uprising in 1944 has been returned to Poland.

The Art Loss Register has doubled its number of subscribers over the past three years.

Two large Old Master paintings worth up to €180,000 (£123,530) have been returned to Italy 22 years after they were stolen.