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FBI names top 10 art crimes
FBI names top 10 art crimes
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation issues a list citing what it calls the top 10 art crimes worldwide. The FBI's list of stolen artworks includes paintings by Edvard Munch and Benevenuto Cellini, as well as thousands of items missing in Iraq. ... The FBI is not saying the items are necessarily in the US - although it is likely some of them are. ... The list also includes the world-famous Edvard Munch painting The Scream, stolen in Oslo last year. Although this list is dominated by paintings, the politics behind setting up the Art Crime Team had more to do with the theft of and international traffic in historical artefacts. Thousands of items were looted in Iraq following the US-led invasion, and Washington has been under pressure to track down at least some of them.fun times...
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ReBlogged by ann p on Nov 21, 2005 at 10:57 AM
Posted by ann p on Nov 21, 2005 at 10:57 AM
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