In 2023, the Carabinieri of the Cultural Heritage Protection Command, in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture, recovered 105,474 art goods with a total estimated value of 264,055,727 euros. Operational activity shows a gradual decrease in crimes against cultural heritage in 2023. As can be seen from the comparative analysis of data compared to 2022, there was a slight reduction in thefts (from 333 to 267) and stolen objects (from 4,144 to 3,483); the number of recovered goods increased (from 48. 522 to 105,474), with a surge for archaeological artifacts (from 17,275 to 67,963) for book/archival artifacts (from 8,653 to 24,445) and for graphic/painting and mosaic objects (from 328 to 1,102).
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