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	Art Theft
		The majority of art theft tends to be "collector on collector" incidents, where private homes are robbed of either professional collections or family heirlooms.
		During the 2003 Iraq war, professional art thieves (of the "efficient opportunist" variety) descended on Baghdad and used widespread looting to cover their activities, despite early warnings to the Bush administration from the international arts community.
		Art stolen by members of the former group tends to be recovered within a decade or so of its disappearance.
	www.rotten.com /library/crime/art-theft (1663 words)

	Art - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The creative arts are a collection of disciplines whose principal purpose is in the output of material that is compelled by a personal drive and echoes or reflects a message, mood, and symbolism for the viewer to interpret.
		Art explores what is commonly termed as the human condition; that is, essentially, what it is to be human, and art of a superior kind often brings about some new insight concerning humanity (not always positive) or demonstrates a level of skill so fine as to push forward the boundaries of collective human ability.
		For Plato, art is a pursuit whose adherents are not to be trusted; given that their productions imitate the sensory world (itself an imitation of the divine world of forms) art necessarily is an imitation of an imitation, and thus is hopelessly far from the source of the truth.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Art (2897 words)

	Art theft - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Fossil theft is an easier form of purchase as identification techniques are not as well established as art theft.
		The theft was master-minded by Eduardo de Valfierno, a con-man who had commissioned the French art forger Yves Chaudron to make copies of the painting so he could sell them as the missing original.
		In occupied France, the Jeu de Paume Art Museum in Paris was used as a central storage and sorting depot for looted artworks from museums and private art collections throughout France pending distribution to various persons and place in Germany.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Art_theft (1864 words)

	Theft - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In some jurisdictions, theft is considered to be synonymous with larceny, in others theft has replaced larceny.
		The actus reus of theft is usually defined as an unauthorised taking, keeping or using of another's property which must be accompanied by a mens rea of dishonesty and/or the intent to permanently deprive the owner or the person with rightful possession of that property or its use.
		Theft in the U.S. Although many US states have retained larceny as the primary offence, some have now adopted theft provisions.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Theft (938 words)

	PokÃ©mon Creations Art Theft Policy
		And while PokÃ©mon Creations certainly has no wish damage its integrity with art theft, it seems inevitable that someday a con-artist will submit someone else's work to us as though it were their own...
		Art thieves beware, though, because this site will certainly turn no blind eye to art theft.
		If you are still willing to attempt art theft, don't expect sympathy when you find your name on our list.
	www.bulbagarden.net /pokemoncreations/arttheft.html (297 words)

	Art theft: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Guillaume apollinaire (august 26, 1880 - november 9, 1918) was a poet, writer, and art critic....
		The isabella stewart gardner museum is a museum in boston, massachusetts dedicated primarily to european art....
		In the english language the term art object may also be encountered in its french form objet dart....
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/ar/art_theft.htm (2682 words)

	Newsletter 13.1 Spring 1998 (Conservation at the Getty)
		It is commonly accepted by all concerned with stemming the trade in stolen art that the rise in art theft over the last 10 years mirrors the tremendous rise in art-market prices, particularly in the area of Impressionist paintings.
		This was due in part to the lack of priority given to art theft by law enforcement agencies, whose budgets are necessarily directed first toward other higher-priority crimes such as terrorism, murder, and fraud, and also due to the dearth of insurance company records on art and antique losses.
		The Art Loss Register has a list of one thousand paintings, with a total value of $1.4 billion, held as collateral against bad debts; current jitters in the Far East financial markets are likely to lead additional financial institutions to request provenance clearance as they begin to sell some of their art holdings.
	www.getty.edu /conservation/publications/newsletters/13_1/news1_1.html (2204 words)

	Art A T T A CK
		Ancient Romans adored ancient Greek art, and workshops in the imperial city were cranking out chariot-loads of reproductions.
		Art forgery had a rebirth during the Renaissance, which Hoving termed "a watershed for fakes." Now that ancient Rome was cool, Europeans were copying Romans, just as Romans once aped Greeks.
		On a slightly smaller scale, the 1990 theft of 13 paintings from the Gardner Museum in Boston, by thieves dressed as police officers, remains unsolved.
	whyfiles.org /081art_sci (465 words)

	Art Theft Unit
		Since the early '80s, when the city was experiencing a significant amount of art theft, Los Angeles has been the only city in the nation with a police unit dedicated to the art theft beat.
		Hrycyk characterizes art theft in LA and worldwide as a "big problem." While exact dollar figures are hard to quantify, Hrycyk estimates between $2 to $5 billion worth of fine art is stolen worldwide annually.
		On the whole, many art thieves are opportunists who underestimate the difficulty of reselling stolen art or are simply clueless about its value, says Hrycyk.
	www.acfnewsource.org /art/art_theft_unit.html (633 words)

	Art fraud/art theft
		FBI says the "illicit trade in art and cultural artifacts has increased dramatically in recent years." (We asked the FBI to tell us how they investigate stolen art, but they couldn't be bothered to respond...).
		Art Crime (see bibliography), tells of Stephen Blumberg, "a specialist in the theft of books and manuscripts from libraries...
		As with theft, there's no single measure of the total cost of art fakery and fraud.
	whyfiles.org /081art_sci/2.html (387 words)

	CBC News Indepth: Art thefts
		Art theft joins drugs, money laundering and illegal arms trading as one of the largest criminal activities in the world.
		In one of the biggest art thefts in history, two men disguised as police officers hoodwink and then handcuff the security guards at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, before making off with three Rembrandts, a Johannes Vermeer, an Edouard Manet and five Degas works.
		Art Loss Register operates the world's largest private international database of more than 100,000 "uniquely identifiable stolen and missing items." Since its debut in 1991, it has reportedly recovered up to $355 million worth of missing art.
	www.cbc.ca /arts/features/artthefts (1232 words)

	Art thieves scrap stealth for brute force. By Marc Spiegler
		Art thieves are scrapping stealth for brute force.
		While we're on the topic of art theft, there are a few other points that coverage of the Munch case has left largely unexplored.
		After news of the Munch theft hit the wires, many wondered why on earth anyone would steal such a recognizable painting—obviously, The Scream would not be a good candidate for resale—and news stories noted that art thieves sometimes try to obtain ransoms for the works they pinch.
	www.slate.com /id/2105632 (1188 words)

	Sources of Information on Antiquities Theft
		Theft is defined as the illicit removal of another's property without consent, including looting and plundering.
		It is meant to be an analysis on whether a clearinghouse of information on stolen art objects would be an effective weapon against art theft, and an evaluation on the reception of such a clearinghouse by the law enforcement community as well as the art community.
		The three-pronged focus of this dissertation is to examine the extent of art theft in New York City; study thieves; and develop qualitative models of decision-making in art theft.
	www.dowling.edu /library/papers/laura/theft.html (8847 words)

	ABC News: Finding Buyers for Stolen Art
		Art theft from a museum is obviously different from a car theft."
		Wittman has been investigating art crimes for 15 years, and he said the FBI's Philadelphia field office has recovered more than $100 million worth of stolen art in the last four years.
		But art theft is usually a lot less risky than other forms of robbery.
	abcnews.go.com /Business/story?id=235770&page=1 (685 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Arts \| Arts special reports \| art theft
		April 24 06: The total value of art and antiques stolen from property developer Harry Hyams's mansion earlier this year is believed to have been £80m, making it the largest theft of goods in British criminal history.
		Jan 7, 05: The mother of Europe's most prolific art thief was in court in France yesterday, charged with throwing many of the invaluable paintings her son had stolen into the local canal.
		Dec 22, 04: A prolific art thief who admitted stealing dozens of rare antique maps worth tens of thousands of pounds was sentenced to four and a half years in jail at Swansea crown court today.
	arts.guardian.co.uk /arttheft/0,13883,1034066,00.html (1037 words)

	Marketing stolen Munchs - Aug. 23, 2004
		An FBI spokeswoman says the bureau regards the Munch theft as "a very unusual case, because it was an armed robbery." Art thieves usually employ guile rather than brute force.
		The biggest art theft in American history took place at the Gardner Museum in Boston in 1990, when thieves disguised as police officers knocked on a museum door in the middle of the night.
		If the theft was not made to order, the thieves may find themselves in a difficult position, unable to sell the piece, with no insurer to negotiate with, and perhaps wary of ransoming the works through the authorities.
	money.cnn.com /2004/08/23/pf/munchtheft (873 words)

	USATODAY.com - New FBI task force to focus on art theft (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		PHILADELPHIA (AP) — 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.
		Most art stolen in the United States is taken during residential burglaries, the FBI said.
	www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2005-01-15-fbi-art_x.htm (731 words)

	Art Theft: Most Famous Cases in History
		Art theft is an ancient and complicated crime.
		The first documented case of art theft was in 1473, when two panels of altarpiece of the Last Judgment by the Dutch painter Hans Memling were stolen.
		The most famous story of art theft involves one of the most famous paintings in the world and one of the most famous artists in history as a suspect.
	www.articlegold.com /Article/Art-Theft--Most-Famous-Cases-in-History/1079 (788 words)

	Art and Antiquities « Theft « Crime « Society
		The Art Loss Register - Operates a permanent international database of stolen and missing works of art, antiques and valuables, to assist law enforcement agencies in the battle against art theft.
		Stolen Art - This Belgian initiative aims to assist the police in Belgium and elsewhere in the recovery and return of stolen antiques.
		CBC Indepth: Art Thefts - Indepth examination of some of the world's most famous artworks that have been stolen, including audio and video links to reports.
	www.localadsearch.com /Society/Crime/Theft/Art_and_Antiquities (796 words)

	Art & Society @ Suite101: Discussion of art theft and forgery, censorship, working artists, artistic appropriation, ...
		Art and Society @ Suite101: Discussion of art theft and forgery, censorship, working artists, artistic appropriation, art critique, art restoration, and collective, public, outsider, protest and trophy art from home to gallery.
		We'll talk about the life of working artists from creation to gallery, the value of critique, the criteria for 'professional art', educating personal aesthetic, how to look at art, art as protest, public art, trophy art, censorship, vandalism, and museum issues and more.
		This historic home and property was a battleground during the Civil War, a place of inspiration after the war, and today is on the National Register of Historic Places.
	artsociety.suite101.com (581 words)

	Works of Art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The illicit trade in cultural objects is sustained by the demand from the arts market, the opening of borders, the improvement in transport systems and the political instability of certain countries.
		the theft is very often not discovered until the stolen objects are found on the official arts market.
		In order to combat the theft of cultural property, the relevant organizations and the public need to be made more aware of the problem.
	www.interpol.com /Public/WorkOfArt (492 words)

	Art Theft (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		According to Greek Cypriot daily Fileleftheros of 23 September 1998, two Greek Cypriots were taken into custody in connection with the theft of icons from churches in the Limassol area in South Cyprus.
		In Paphos, three other Greek Cypriots were remanded in connection with theft of icons from churches in that area.
		The Greek Cypriot side would be well advised to stop exploiting the issue of preservation of cultural property but rather concentrate its efforts towards the prevention of theft and smuggling of objects of archaeological value from its territory.
	www.turkses.com /issues/cyprus/art_theft.html (351 words)

	FBI Announces Top Ten Art Crimes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In arriving at this list, the FBI Art Crime Team (ACT) determined that these ten criminal cases represent losses as high as approximately $600 million, in an industry with overall losses of up to $6 billion a year.
		Assistant Director Swecker continues: “ Theft of cultural property is a world-wide problem and the FBI Art Theft Program and Art Crime Team are part of the solution.
		Objects of art and cultural heritage enhance all our lives, and represent a legacy of history and art for future generations.
	nyjtimes.com /Stories/2005/Top10ArtCrimes.htm (521 words)

	AXA Art Insurance - Press release - Major Swedish Art Theft
		The London office of international specialist art and antiques insurer, AXA Art, immediately flew an investigator to the scene.
		AXA Art is working closely both with the Swedish authorities and with Interpol.
		As the world's largest insurers of art, we have eyes and ears open all over the world and expect reports from a variety of sources.
	www.axa-nordstern-art.co.uk /press/releases/swedish_theft.html (313 words)

	Boston.com / News / Special reports / Secrets behind the largest art theft in history
		It is also one of the many secrets about the case that investigators have kept to themselves these many years, as they waited in vain for a reliable tip on the whereabouts of the 13 paintings and other artworks stolen that night.
		One possible clue the FBI missed, however, was that one of the objects stolen in 1990 had been the target of a theft once before -- in the only other significant case of theft in the history of the Gardner.
		But Julian Radcliffe, the director of the Art Loss Register, which helps in the recovery of stolen artwork, said that the chances for return of masterpieces are better, perhaps as high as 20 percent, because there are so few buyers for paintings the world knows were stolen.
	www.boston.com /news/specials/gardner_heist/heist (4125 words)

	Art Fraud Artspace 2000 fighting to stop art fraud
		Standards Australian is seeking industry agreement for a new national code of conduct and on-line register for the art industry to stamp out art forgeries, which cost art buyers millions of dollars.
		Art fraud has reached epidemic proportions around the world with thousands of people falling victim every year.
		If you are an internet art gallery and want to become a partner/sponsor contact Pat or Lynn at Info@artspace2000.com.
	www.artspace2000.com /Art_Fraud/artfraud1.htm (753 words)

	ART THEFT AND FORGERY INVESTIGATION
		An often overlooked private investigative specialization that is vastly on the increase these days is art theft investigation and forgery.
		Art theft and forgery investigation has quickly developed into a 1.3 billion dollar problem worldwide and investigators who know how to conduct these types of investigations are in high demand!
		This complete field manual of art theft and forgery investigation is already being hailed as the leading authority on the subject and is a "must have" manual for any investigative library.
	www.pimall.com /nais/bk.arttheft.html (468 words)

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