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  • Crime

    Berlin Police Have Nabbed Yet Another Suspect in the Shocking $1 Billion Green Vault Heist of 2019

    The suspect is the sixth to be arrested in the case.

    By Artnet News, Aug 20, 2021

  • Crime

    Gunshots Were Fired at a Dutch Museum as Two Thieves Tried to Steal a Monet Painting—and Then Dropped It on the Way Out

    No one was injured in the botched heist.

    By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 16, 2021

  • Crime

    Disgraced Former Art Dealer Angela Gulbenkian Has Been Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for Fraudulently Selling a Kusama Work

    The socialite sold a $1.4 million Kusama sculpture that she never delivered.

    By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 29, 2021

  • Crime

    Notorious Los Angeles Art Dealer Douglas Chrismas Has Been Charged With Embezzling $260,000 From His Former Gallery

    The 77-year-old dealer has been sued dozens of times.

    By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 29, 2021

  • Crime

    Once Smuggled Out of Iraq, the Gilgamesh Dream Tablet Has Been Seized by U.S. Authorities and Will Be Returned

    The U.S. is restituting 17,000 looted antiquities to Iraq, including the tablet, which was once owned by collector Steve Green.

    By Sarah Cascone, Jul 28, 2021

  • Crime

    Foiled! How Advanced Technology Is Stopping Art Thieves, Looters, and Fraudsters From Hatching Their Schemes

    Developments in the tech sector are giving law enforcement agencies new tools to combat art crime around the world.

    By Brian Boucher, Jul 28, 2021

  • Crime

    A British Art Restorer Has Been Arrested for His Role in a $143 Million Asian Antiquities Smuggling Ring

    Neil Perry Smith is the second person to be arraigned in the case.

    By Sarah Cascone, Jul 21, 2021

  • Crime

    The FBI Has Busted a Man for Hawking Fake Basquiats After Catching Him Red-Handed During a WhatsApp Sting

    The works were offered to two New York auction houses.

    By Sarah Cascone, Jul 12, 2021

  • Crime

    Art Collective Forensic Architecture Has Teamed Up With Edward Snowden to Investigate a Shadowy Global Spyware Company

    The collective believes that "digital violence" is the most important unexamined human rights violation of our time.

    By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 9, 2021

  • Crime

    Grifter Heiress Angela Gulbenkian Has Pleaded Guilty to Scamming Collectors Out of Payments for Art They Never Received

    The art dealer never delivered a $1.4 million Kusama pumpkin to one paying client.

    By Sarah Cascone, Jul 8, 2021

  • Crime

    Authorities Have Recovered Picasso and Mondrian Paintings That Were Brazenly Stolen From a Greek Museum Nearly 10 Years Ago

    A Picasso portrait and a Mondrian landscape were stolen from Greece's National Gallery in 2012.

    By Caroline Goldstein, Jun 29, 2021

  • Crime

    Italian Authorities Have Seized Nearly 800 Illicit Ancient Artifacts Worth $13 Million From a Single Belgian Collector

    The probe has been ongoing since 2017.

    By Caroline Goldstein, Jun 22, 2021

  • Crime

    Police Accuse ‘Disloyal Employees’ of Stealing $30 Million Worth of Art From the Italian Broadcast Company Rai

    The trove, pilfered over the course of several decades, includes works by Monet and Modigliani.

    By Caroline Goldstein, Jun 14, 2021

  • Crime

    Vandals Used White Paint to Deface New York’s Black Wall Street Gallery on the 100th Anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre

    The gallery was originally founded in Tulsa, and opened its SoHo outpost in October.

    By Sarah Cascone, Jun 2, 2021

  • Crime

    Thieves Broke Into an English Castle and Swiped $1.4 Million in Royal Artifacts, Including Mary Queen of Scots’ Rosary

    Sussex police are still looking for the culprits.

    By Caroline Goldstein, May 24, 2021

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