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A cuneiform tablet purchased by the Greens for their Bible Museum.

Hobby Lobby ignored ‘red flags’ about stolen Iraqi artifacts

Arts

The company Hobby Lobby was caught buying looted artifacts from Iraq. They say they didn’t know. Antiquities theft expert Donna Yates finds that hard to believe.

High profile art heists on the rise around the world

Arts, Culture & Media

The US gives Poland back a painting stolen by the Nazis

Arts, Culture & Media
Nymphaea thermarum

The world’s smallest water lily was stolen from London’s Kew Gardens

Conflict & Justice
Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs in Brazil in 1992 while a fugitive from Britain.

A Great Train Robber is remembered as ‘kind and generous’ — but not by all

Conflict & Justice
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Expert says Rotterdam art heist likely an inside job, linked to drug trade

Arts, Culture & Media

Tens of millions of dollars worth of art was stolen from a Rotterdam art museum last week and now signs are emerging that the entire thing may have been connected to illegal drugs. But a security expert says it also likely was done by someone with inside knowledge.

How to avoid a more dangerous identity theft

Business, Economics and Jobs

Medical identity theft is rarer than credit card theft, but it’s much more costly and can be life-threatening, too.

Why Rembrandts are highly popular with thieves

Arts, Culture & Media

There have been 81 thefts of Rembrandts in the past 100 years — the Dutch artist is the second most stolen artist in history, behind Picasso.

History and psychology of shoplifters in ‘The Steal’

Arts, Culture & Media

Rachel Shteir’s exhaustive new book traces shoplifting through the ages, and examines theories behind why people steal.

The FBI’s New Leads on the Greatest Art Theft in History

Twenty-three years ago this week, in a now-infamous case, a pair of thieves dressed as police officers gained entry to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, Massachusetts  and stole $500 million dollars worth of art. Geoff Kelly, special agent and the lead investigator for the FBI on the case says the agency has a new […]

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