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Article: New FBI Task Force to Focus on Art Theft
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- January 15, 2005
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MARYCLAIRE DALE, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
01-15-2005
Dateline: PHILADELPHIA
Art theft may conjure up images of a suave movie villain creeping through a dark gallery _ or last year's bold daylight robbery of Edvard Munch's "The Scream" from a Norway museum. Most art heists, however, are far more subtle, involving forged documents, fake prints or smuggled cultural artifacts that slowly make their way into the hands of private owners or museums.
It's also a huge industry: Interpol ranks it third among property crimes worldwide.
A new national FBI task force on stolen art hopes to learn more about the global trade _ and how to tackle it _ with the help of professionals and scholars in ...