Italy Returns Stolen Churchill Portrait to Canada
Italy Returns Stolen Churchill Portrait to Canada
Italy Returns Stolen Churchill Portrait to Canada
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A famous 1941 portrait of Winston Churchill, known as 'The Roaring Lion' by Yousuf Karsh, was ceremonially returned to Canada after being stolen from the Fairmont Château Laurier hotel in Ottawa in late 2021. The theft was discovered in August 2022, and the photograph was later found in Italy, having been purchased unknowingly by an Italian lawyer, Nicola Cassinelli, at a London auction. Italian and Canadian authorities collaborated to recover the photo, which was handed over at the Canadian embassy in Rome. Jeffrey Iain James Wood from Ontario has been arrested and charged with the theft and trafficking of the portrait. The photograph is now set to return to its original location in Ottawa.

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