The suspects were arrested this week in Isère and Haute-Savoie following the theft of a work by the British artist in Paris in 2019. They are accused of organized gang robbery and concealment.
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Banksy’s work was found in early June on a farm in Abruzzo, Italy.
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Six people suspected of having stolen in 2019 from the Bataclan a work attributed to Bansky and which was recently found in Italy were charged Friday and placed in pre-trial detention, we learned on Saturday from judicial and police sources.
These six people were arrested this week in Isère and Haute-Savoie, two departments in eastern France. Two were charged with organized gang robbery and the other four for concealing organized gang robbery, the same sources added. The six were placed in pre-trial detention.
