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REPORT SAYS SECURITY TECHNICIAN CLAIMED THEFT OF $65 MILLION STATUE FROM AUSTRIAN MUSEUM WAS A PRANK: February 21, 2007

REPORTS SAY MULTI-MILLION-DOLLAR ART THEFT AT RUSSIA'S HERMITAGE MUSEUM WAS INSIDE JOB: December 5, 2006

UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO AND GOVERNMENT OF IRAN TRY TO BLOCK AUCTION OF ANCIENT TABLETS: September 20, 2006

CONNECTICUT ANTIQUES DEALER CONVICTED IN SECURITIES FRAUD CASE: September 20, 2006

RARE MAP DEALER PLEADS GUILTY TO THEFT OF MAPS WORTH MILLIONS FROM LIBRARIES: September 18, 2006

VALUABLE MUNCH GRAPHIC REPORTED STOLEN FROM SWEDISH ESTATE OF FORMER NORWEGIAN DEFENSE MINISTER: July 25, 2006

REPORT SAYS TURKISH MUSEUM DIRECTOR AMONG SUSPECTS IN LYDIAN HORDE COUNTERFEIT SWITCH: July 18, 2006

TELEMARKETER FOR WEST COAST GALLERY SENTENCED IN CALIFORNIA: July 11, 2006

NEW SETTLEMENTS RECOGNIZE CLAIMS OF FELDMANN AND GOUDSTIKKER FAMILY MEMBERS TO LOOTED ART: June 28. 2006

REPORTS SAY MISSING ART SHIPMENT TURNS UP IN FLORIDA TRAILER PARK: June 6, 2006

GREEK POLICE SEIZE HUNDREDS OF ARTIFACTS FORM MEDITERRANEAN VILLAS IN CRACKDOWN ON ANTIQUITIES SMUGGLING: June 5, 2006

REPORT SAYS TEXAS ART COMPANY WITH LINKS TO SEC PRIME BAN DEFENDANT IN BANKRUPTCY SCANDAL: April 21, 2006

CHICAGO ANTIQUITIES DEALERS ACCUSED OF ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING: April 7, 2006

BRITISH AND PORTUGUESE MUSEUMS DISCOVER THAT REMBRANDT PAINTINGS DISPLAYED FOR DECADES MAY BE FAKES: March 21, 2006

SAN FRANCISCO ANTIQUE STORES RAIDED BY CUSTOMS AND IMMIGRATION AGENTS: March 7, 2006

REPORTS SAY TATE MUSEUM ADMITTED PAYING RANSOM FOR STOLEN PAINTINGS: February 21, 2006

CARELESS ART THIEVES OUTWITTED BY CALIFORNIA GALLERY: February 7, 2006

OPERATION HIGH STEP FINDS COCAINE HIDDEN IN ART FRAMES: January 24, 2006

NEW YORK DEALER PLEADS GUILTY TO ART FRAUD SCHEME INVOLVING PHONY GALLERIES, FORGED DOCUMENTS: January 17, 2006

WEST COAST GALLERY OPERATOR PLEADS GUILTY TO FRAUD: January 16, 2006

CZECH REPUBLIC RULING FAVORS FEDERER FAMILY ART CLAIM: January 13, 2006

FBI UNVEILS ITS LIST OF TOP TEN ART CRIMES: January 12, 2006

NEW YORK CIVIL CASE ALLEGES MANIPULATION OF ART PRICES BY GALLERY: January 6, 2006

PAINTINGS STOLEN FROM MISSOURI ART SHIPPING COMPANY RECOVERED IN US AND JAPAN: December 30, 2005

ANOTHER MANHATTAN ART GALLERY CAUGHT EVADING NEW YORK SALES TAX: December 22, 2005

US AUTHORITIES ARRANGE RETURN OF ARTIFACT TO ITALY FROM THE GETTY MUSEUM: December 19, 2005

WASHINGTON SETTLES FRAUD CASE AGAINST THESAURUS FINE ARTS: December 14, 2005

ART WARS III: Battles Over Looted Art Continue on Many Fronts--November 2005 FEATURE

REPORTS SAY FORMER MILWAUKEE ART DEALER CHARGED FOR DEFRAUDING CUSTOMER: October 26, 2005

STATEN ISLAND TRUCK DRIVER ADMITS STEALING MILLION-DOLLAR PAINTING FROM AIRPORT: October 20, 2005

INTERNATIONAL ACTION RESULTS IN RECOVERY OF MAJOR PAINTINGS STOLEN IN SWEDEN: October 18, 2005

ARIZONA MAN CHARGED OVER POTTERY IMPORT SCHEME: September 21, 2005

RHODE ISLAND ART DEALER SENTENCED: September 20, 2005

REPORT SAYS HIGH-PROFILE CASE OVER NAZI-LOOTED ART REACHES SETTLEMENT: September 8, 2005

NEW YORK GALLERY OWNER SENTENCED IN 20-YEAR ART FORGERY SCHEME: August 3, 2005

FORMER GETTY MUSEUM CURATOR INDICTED IN ITALY FOR ANTIQUITIES TRAFFICKING: June 27, 2005

WORLD'S BIGGEST ART COLLECTOR REPORTED UNDER INVESTIGATION IN QATAR: June 11, 2005

MISSOURI ART DEALER SENTENCED IN BANKRUPTCY FRAUD: June 10, 2005

BRITISH POLICE SMASH ART THEFT RING: April 25, 2005

MERRIN GALLERY OWNERS INDICTED FOR FRAUD OVER ANTIQUITIES SALES: April 6, 2005

POLICE RECOVER EDVARD MUNCH WORKS SNATCHED FROM OSLO FJORD LUXURY HOTEL BY AMATEURS: March 31, 2005

US RETURNS IRAQI ARTIFACTS SEIZED FROM AUTHOR: March 7, 2005

COURT DISMISSES LOOTED ART CLAIM AGAINST ELIZABETH TAYLOR'S VAN GOGH PAINTING: February 25, 2005

COURT JUDGMENT AGAINST OREGON ARTIST ACCUSED OF DEFRAUDING CUSTOMERS: January 31, 2005

NEW YORK DEALERS PLEAD GUILTY IN $12 MILLION ART FRAUD SCHEME: January 26, 2005

ART WARS II: More Courtroom Battles Over Looted Art: Feature January 2005

FRENCH ART THIEF, MOTHER, GIRLFRIEND SENTENCED: January 20, 2005

CONVICTED ART THIEF TO STAND TRIAL IN FRANCE: January 12, 2005

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MAN ARRESTED IN ART FRAUD: December 30, 2004

ISRAELI INVESTIGATION OF FAKE ARTIFACTS RESULTS IN INDICTMENT: December 30, 2004

NEW MEXICO FUGITIVE FRAUDSTER ESCAPED HOURS AFTER INDICTMENT: December 27, 2004

SPANISH POLICE SEIZE PAINTINGS IN ART FRAUD SCHEME: December 1, 2004

ART WARS: Disputes over the survival and ownership of European art looted by the Nazis during WWII continue in 2004: November 2004

NEW YORK TARGETS SALES TAX SCHEMES BY ART GALLERIES: Feature October 2004

IOWA JOINS STATES TARGETING CONTROVERSIAL AUCTIONEERS: October 15, 2004

RHODE ISLAND ART DEALER CHARGED WITH FRAUD: September 5, 2004

RETURN OF THE "ELGIN MARBLES" MYSTERY: Feature August, 2004

STOLEN ITALIAN ART SEIZED IN NEW YORK: August 16, 2004

WAS SEATTLE ART DEALER A FRONT FOR TAX FRAUD? Feature July 2004

TEXAS ANTIQUES DEALER SENTENCED IN ART FRAUD CASE: July 17, 2004

FORGERY ALLEGED AT NEW YORK ART GALLERY: June 28, 2004

THE ITOMAN INCIDENT: Japan's classic case of art investment fraud: Feature June 2004

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