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Our inquiries were painstaking and included contacting authorities from around the world, said Constable Mike Pilbeam, who led the investigation..
British police said on Monday that they have recovered a Ferrari stolen from Austrian Formula One driver Gerhard Berger in Italy almost three decades ago...
The red Ferrari F512M was one of the two sports cars taken while their drivers were in Imola for the San Marino Grand Prix in April 1995...
Neither was ever found, until Londons Metropolitan Police force was tipped off by the manufacturer in January that a Ferrari in the process of being sold to a US buyer by a UK broker had been flagged as a stolen vehicle...
We worked quickly with partners including the National Crime Agency, as well as Ferrari and international car dealerships, and this collaboration was instrumental in understanding the vehicles background and stopping it from leaving the country..
