EU CRIME FIGHTERS AND PROSECUTORS SMASH FAKE ART NETWORK
November 16th, 2024
agency Eurojust, has smashed a network responsible for forging and selling 2,000 works of contemporary art, from artists including Banksy, Andy Warhol and Pablo Picasso. In what Eurojust, said (1) was “an unprecedented operation”, involving Belgian, French and Spanish authorities, 38 suspects accused of involvement in a cross-border fake art network have been charged in Italy with conspiracy to forge and dealing in forged art.
The investigation began in March 2023, when Italian police found around 200 fake works of art, when searching a dealer’s ...
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