{"id":2193128,"date":"2026-10-12T17:59:57","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T14:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2193128"},"modified":"2026-10-12T17:59:57","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T14:59:57","slug":"french-investigators-use-dna-and-vehicle-tracking-to-solve-stolen-renoirs-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2193128","title":{"rendered":"French investigators use DNA and vehicle tracking to solve stolen Renoirs case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/94\/93\/30\/1200x675_cmsv2_aa67adb2-3477-5e9e-8b18-03620a35fb53-9949330.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"abe-2932406-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1\" data-nid=\"2932406\" data-cid=\"9948979\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2932406-label-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/94\/64\/28\/189x106_cmsv2_bb572708-9a38-59d6-b93f-ecdb06b80c91-9946428.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"King Felipe VI oversees the parade alongside Princess Leonor\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    Europe News<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Ceuta troops absent as Spain holds National Day parade in Madrid\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2932907-pos2-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1\" data-nid=\"2932907\" data-cid=\"9948538\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2932907-label-pos2-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/94\/83\/30\/189x106_cmsv2_3c05c45d-9895-5043-a155-504b4e30d8e9-9948330.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Work begins on Portugal&apos;s high-speed rail line\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    Europe News<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Portugal begins high-speed rail construction between Lisbon and Porto\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2933108-pos3-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1\" data-nid=\"2933108\" data-cid=\"9949432\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2933108-label-pos3-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/94\/94\/32\/189x106_cmsv2_255faccb-724f-5cbe-a17b-5d16ddab8065-9949432.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"The Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier is seen off the shore of the Faliro suburb, in Athens, Greece, Thursday, March 24, 2022.\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    Europe News<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    French navy intercepts and boards &#8216;shadow fleet&#8217; 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stolen from the Renoir Museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer.\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-caption u-position-absolute\"><i id=\"article-caption-content\" class=\"c-article-caption__content\"><span class=\"c-article-caption__text\"><br \/>\n              Recovered paintings &#8220;Portrait of Madame Colonna Romano&#8221;, right, and &#8220;Young Woman at the Well,&#8221; stolen from the Renoir Museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer.<br \/>\n                    <span class=\"u-color-white\">&#8211;\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__copyright\">Copyright\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__credit\">Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. 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&#8220;very strong suspicion that another heist was imminent,&#8221; the Marseille prosecutor said.<br \/>\n    <\/h2>\n<div class=\"c-article-content js-article-content\">\n<p>Investigators in France used DNA evidence and vehicle tracking to help recover two paintings worth millions of euros that were stolen from a Renoir museum last month.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-mobile-only\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-desktop\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Four men have been handed preliminary charges after the impressionist artist&#8217;s &#8220;Portrait of Madame Colonna Romano&#8221; and &#8220;Young Woman at the Well&#8221; works were taken from the Mus\u00e9e Renoir in Cagnes-sur-Mer on the French riviera in a daring September heist. <\/p>\n<p>The suspects are believed to have gained entry to the museum after sawing through a fence using an electric saw. They then cut clips securing four paintings before an alarm went off.<\/p>\n<p>Marseille prosecutor Nicolas Bessone told reporters on Monday that this caused the suspects to panic and that they abandoned two paintings as they fled. These were apparently later found in a protective cover.<\/p>\n<p>Bessone said a breakthrough came when DNA found on an abandoned cover matched that of a 29-year-old who was already being investigated by police in a drug trafficking case, and that the man&#8217;s vehicle was being tracked as part of the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Tracking data showed that the suspect and a 41-year-old man had visited the home of a third man after the theft took place, per Bessone.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id data-event=\"widget_related\">\n<div class=\"c-widget-related__title\"><b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b><\/div>\n<ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\" id=\"abe-article-related-1\">\n<li class=\"c-widget-related__item\">Art theft: C\u00e9zanne, Matisse and Renoir paintings worth millions stolen from Italian museum in Parma<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-widget-related__item\">Italian police recover stolen Renoir, C\u00e9zanne and Matisse artworks worth millions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Investigators believed a plot to carry out another heist was also in motion, after surveillance found the 29-year-old had visited the Maeght Foundation in Saint-Paul-de-Vence on 3 October. The Maeght Foundation opened in 1964 and is home to works from celebrated artists including Pierre Bonnard, Georges Braque, and Alberto Giacometti.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect is then said to have met up with another man who is known to police from art theft and forgery cases in the early 2000s.<\/p>\n<p>The arrests were prompted by the &#8220;very strong suspicion that another heist was imminent,&#8221; Bessone said.<\/p>\n<p>The third suspect hid the paintings behind a wall under a staircase following the theft, from where investigators recovered the Renoirs, he added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<footer class=\"perf-cv-auto c-article-contributors c-article-contributors-supplementary u-margin-top-2 u-padding-top-2\">\n<p>Additional sources<strong> \u2022 AP<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/footer>\n<p>                                  Go to accessibility shortcuts<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-article-share-comment u-align-items-center u-display-flex\"><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__links u-align-items-center 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data-nid=\"2932900\" data-cid=\"9948287\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n<h3 class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    EU decries Trump-Putin diesel deal, insists sanctions will continue<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"articleBody\" data-key=\"articleBody\">Investigators in France used DNA evidence and vehicle tracking to help recover two paintings worth millions of euros that were stolen from a Renoir museum last month.Four men have been handed preliminary charges after the impressionist artist&#8217;s &#8220;Portrait of Madame Colonna Romano&#8221; and &#8220;Young Woman at the Well&#8221; works were taken from the Mus\u00e9e Renoir in Cagnes-sur-Mer on the French riviera in a daring September heist.The suspects are believed to have gained entry to the museum after sawing through a fence using an electric saw. They then cut clips securing four paintings before an alarm went off.Marseille prosecutor Nicolas Bessone told reporters on Monday that this caused the suspects to panic and that they abandoned two paintings as they fled. These were apparently later found in a protective cover.Bessone said a breakthrough came when DNA found on an abandoned cover matched that of a 29-year-old who was already being investigated by police in a drug trafficking case, and that the man&#8217;s vehicle was being tracked as part of the investigation.Tracking data showed that the suspect and a 41-year-old man had visited the home of a third man after the theft took place, per Bessone.Investigators believed a plot to carry out another heist was also in motion, after surveillance found the 29-year-old had visited the Maeght Foundation in Saint-Paul-de-Vence on 3 October. The Maeght Foundation opened in 1964 and is home to works from celebrated artists including Pierre Bonnard, Georges Braque, and Alberto Giacometti.The suspect is then said to have met up with another man who is known to police from art theft and forgery cases in the early 2000s.The arrests were prompted by the &#8220;very strong suspicion that another heist was imminent,&#8221; Bessone said.The third suspect hid the paintings behind a wall under a staircase following the theft, from where investigators recovered the Renoirs, he added.<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2026\/10\/12\/french-investigators-use-dna-and-vehicle-tracking-to-solve-stolen-renoirs-case&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/94\/93\/30\/1200x675_cmsv2_aa67adb2-3477-5e9e-8b18-03620a35fb53-9949330.jpg&#8221;] Europe News Ceuta troops absent as Spain holds National Day parade in Madrid Europe News Portugal begins high-speed rail construction between Lisbon and Porto Europe News French navy intercepts and boards &#8216;shadow fleet&#8217; ship, Macron says Economy Citro\u00ebn&#8217;s iconic 2CV returns as an all-electric model Europe News Ceuta troops absent as Spain [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[90],"tags":[226,36],"class_list":["post-2193128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international","tag-crawlmanager","tag-euronews-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2193128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2193128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2193128\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2193128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2193128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2193128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}