Indeed. From [1] "The two stolen works were eventually recovered in 2016, when they were used by an Italian mafia boss as collateral to get a more lenient jail

Indeed. From [1] "The two stolen works were eventually recovered in 2016, when they were used by an Italian mafia boss as collateral to get a more lenient jail sentence." And from [2] "Artworks tend to surface either very quickly after they are stolen or else disappear into the underworld where they are traded between criminals at a fraction of their value for drugs and other illicit materials, Marinello said." [1] https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/worldnews/11904865/van-gogh-painting-stolen-criminal/ https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/worldnews/11904865/van-gogh-pa... [2] https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2011/aug/16/rembrandt-stolen-california https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2011/aug/16/rembran...