A combined investigation between the Carabinieri of the Italian Command for the Protection of Cultural Heritage and Belgian police resulted in the seizure of approximately 300 antique items from an international art museum in Brussels. They are all the outcome of numerous illicit exports from Italy, some of which date back to the 1980s. This is one of the most important seizures in the past 30 years. Law enforcement personnel discovered Etruscan and Roman artifacts, jewelry, small bronze figures, and fresco pieces. The collection is quite varied. All of these antiques have an inestimable worth, especially since they cannot be sold because they are state property. The investigation, which lasted several years, began with a tip from the New York District Attorney's Office, which requested that Belgian police examine specific items as part of their inquiry into American art collector Michael Steinhardt. Steinhardt accumulated hundreds of antique artifacts from clandestine excavations in numerous countries, including Italy, over nearly 30 years of research and acquisitions. Steinhardt reached an out-of-court settlement with the district attorney's office in 2021, following four years of investigation. The settlement included the restitution of 180 antiquities, including a fresco that was stolen from Herculaneum in Campania, Italy, one of the most significant archaeological sites. Now, in Belgium, over 600 artifacts have been found, coming not only from Italy but also from Syria, Yemen, and several other countries.