Amsterdam (AP) - in a Hollywood movie, robbery criminals usually has masterminded and use of high-tech equipment, in order to avoid detection. But the thief robbed and painting Picasso, Matisse, monet worth millions of dollars from a gallery, Rotterdam seems to have adopted a not too conspicuous method, rely mainly on speed and strength.
In other words, larcenous Kunsthal exhibition more avant-garde art "smash and grab" rather than "ocean's eleven".
Dutch police said Wednesday that they do not have a criminal suspect's case, in the country's largest art robbed more than ten years, although the appeal the witness survey follow up ten tips.
Problems in the safety of the museum, its directors, Emily Ansenk, refused to criticism of the security facilities. In a press conference on Tuesday night, she Ken stahl security defense as "advanced", and pointed out that the insurance company agreed to, to ensure it.
But the thieves ran away. Painting, they estimate value of about $1 million and if at auction sold.
Experts say the structure and the position of the museum, by the famous Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas (Rem Koolhaas) design, may attract criminals.
"In talking about as a museum amateur, it's magic," museum CREMERS tons of security experts said. "In talking about as a security experts, this is a total nightmare."
The gallery is located in along the boulevard, leading to a cyclotron place, less than a mile journey, the road to three directions. Display space, once hung paintings is a large square area, on the ground, visible from the outside through glass walls.
Although the police and museums have dropped off, this may help the thief's robbery discussion, what happened main details is obvious.
Breakthrough occurred in 3 Tuesday morning, police said, after someone trigger the alarm.
Investigation mainly concentrated in the building behind the emergency exit. Export direct connection to the main exhibition hall, only a few yards paintings hanging. Tire trace can still see in the grass, from the construction of the export behind. The police on Tuesday to wipe the fingerprints and sample print tire exports.
With a rush from the wall paintings, leave behind the blank space and broken hang line, but they have nowhere to go.
Personnel within five minutes trigger the alarm, according to the museum curator Ansenk, but the thief had already gone.
Police spokesman henk ten cate van DeWeiErDe said Wednesday, there are 25 is assigned, but has not found a car, have criminal suspects. Agency review video camera museum.
It is unknown, if the thief did not get, what will happen what kind of painting.
Thieves may "wake up will find that they cannot easily sell paintings," now, all over the world museum has moved their theft, Chris said Mali's ROM, artwork erosion registration.
But the thief can also sell them in a small part of the black market, its real value, or in order to extract money, the insurance company in ac return.
Anthony Rome, New York based security analysts say, appear Ken stahl level, defense basic is a "shocking", the value of art, this is the housing. And he said, alarm system will always be not enough to stop the criminal.
A thief "learning the police travel distance," he said. "They know mechanism and alarm when put out, law enforcement in existence between the time the amount of time."
Security experts CREMERS said, museum is relying on the camera and motion detector no fault, not human guards. The guard is expensive, they will indicating not rest period, however, in the face of the robbers.
"The only thing they can do is to call the police," he said.
CREMERS said, the museum should have been in how to ease potential thieves. This may prevent them from trying to break in the first place, or at least is limited, their long size.
He said that painting was hanging in the second makeshift wall and door behind the gallery, create a "box in the box". In addition, the museum may establish barriers or the fence, prevent car can drive the correct an emergency exit door.
"I'm sure they will focus on now," he said.
Museum spokesman later in the day, Mali etta Maaskant confirmed that the museum installation stone flower pot, big enough to prevent car "as additional security measures.




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