Romania's Attorney General Alex Florenta met on Wednesday in The Hague with his Dutch counterpart Sue Preenen, with the two top prosecutors discussing the possibility of a joint investigation team being set up to handle the theft of several highly valuable Dacian artifacts from the Drents Museum in Assen; the Dutch official assured that the Dutch judicial authorities are making every effort for the perpetrators to be caught.
"The talks focused on the investigations carried out by the Dutch and Romanian judicial authorities into the theft on January 25, 2025 of treasure heritage items that were on display at the Drents Museum in the Netherlands, as part of the exhibition titled 'Dacia! Rijk van goud en zilver/Dacia! Kingdom of Gold and Silver'. The two attorneys general approached aspects related to the stage of ongoing investigations in the two states, the need for coordination and mutual support, as well as the possibility of forming a joint investigation team. In this regard, the sides agreed that tomorrow, January 30, 2025, a coordination meeting should take place in The Hague under the auspices of Eurojust, to be attended by the Romanian prosecutor and police officers assigned to the investigation, as well as by the responsible Dutch prosecutor and law enforcement bodies," the Attorney General's Office reports in a release.
Alex Florenta informed his counterpart that the Drents Museum theft has a strong impact on Romanian society, as the stolen objects are part of Romania's cultural heritage and are of inestimable value to the Romanian people.
Also, he insisted on the full availability of the Romanian judicial authorities in the joint effort to recover the heritage items, while Attorney General Sue Preenen gave assurances that the Dutch judicial authorities are making every effort to identify the perpetrators as soon as possible and to hold them criminally liable, the release said.
The iconic golden helmet of Cotofenesti, dated to the 5th-4th centuries BC, as well as three Dacian gold bracelets from Sarmizegetusa Regia, dating from the second half of the 1st century BC, were stolen last weekend from the Drents Museum in Assen in a heist in which the robbers used an explosive device to break open the only exterior wall of the museum building. AGERPRES
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