ART THEFTS – INTERPOL
June 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLItaly, the Czech Republic and the Russian Federation have suffered particularly serious thefts from museums and other cultural sites according to figures from Interpol. In a new table published by the international police organisation Italy reports a total of 18,715 thefts - far more than any other country - of which 2,875 represented liturgical objects. There were 6,650 cases in total in the Czech Republic and 4,563 in Russia.A spokeswoman at the headquarters of the International Council of Museums in Paris said usually thefts tended to increase ...
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