Michel van Rijn

In this Dutch name, the surname is Van Rijn, not Rijn.

Michel van Rijn
Van Rijn in 2011
Born1950 (1950)
Netherlands
Died (aged 73)
Italy
OccupationArt smuggler
Years active1960s–1990s

Michel van Rijn (1950 – July 2024) was a Dutch art smuggler, art trader, art forger and author. He was involved in worldwide art smuggling from the 1960s to 1990s. Scotland Yard estimated that he was involved in 80 to 90% of all international art smuggling during the 1970s and 1980s. In the 1990s and 2000s Van Rijn cooperated with authorities in finding stolen pieces of art.

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