It was an art heist that eluded Greek authorities for nearly a decade: In 2012 three works of art, including one by Pablo Picasso, were brazenly stolen from Greece’s National Gallery. This week authorities recovered two of the paintings and arrested the man who confessed to stealing them. Host Marco Werman explains.
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