Body found in IJ in 2013 is Russian art dealer: Telegraaf

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A body found in Amsterdam’s IJ waterway in 2013 belongs to wealthy Russian art dealer Alexander Levin, city police say. Telegraph.

Icon specialist Levin spent a lot of time in Amsterdam, the paper said.

The body was found by a passerby floating in a large blue plastic parcel near the NDSM wharf in the north of the city. The bag contained the torso of a man, with no head or limbs found.

Levin was identified by a DNA sample provided to the International Databank in 2021, but his name was not released. He said he was convicted of smuggling.

of Ad reported A police spokesman said that by releasing his name, he hopes to be able to indirectly contact his relatives.