Art and cultural property crime—which includes theft, fraud, looting, and trafficking across state and international lines—leads to billions of dollars in losses every year.

The FBI’s Art Crime Team and its law enforcement partners returned 15 artifacts that were stolen during the 1960s and 1970s to six museums in the Philadelphia area.

In November 2005, the FBI announced the creation of a Top Ten Art Crimes list to help bring attention to stolen masterworks and elicit the public's help in recovering them and bringing the...

The National Stolen Art File (NSAF) is a database of stolen art and cultural property. Stolen objects are submitted for entry to the NSAF by law enforcement agencies in the U.S. and abroad. When...

6 days ago · Before joining the bureau's Art Crime Team in Miami in 2000, his work had focused on Russian and European organized crime, particularly art fraud and forgery cases. Now he was called in to ...

Jan 23, 2025 · Art Crime (Fraud, Looting, Stolen Art) The looting of art and cultural property during war and conflict and other art theft and crime is a significant problem. Estimated annual loss from art and cultural property crime is in the billions of dollars .

Genres such as crime fiction often portray fictional art thefts as glamorous or exciting raising generations of admirers. Most of these sources add adventurous, even heroic element to the theft, portraying it as an achievement.

2 days ago · Now, having tattoos for these organizations is a crime,” García explained. Guards watch prisoners inside Cecot. Many of the inmates have tattoos covering their arms, torsos and even faces.

This compilation of artworks shows the world of crime and punishment from every angle. The art in this collection range from the 1600s to 2013, which shows that crime is a pre-existing...

The book is an interdisciplinary essay collection on the study of art crime, and its effect on all aspects of the art world. Essayists discuss art crime subcategories, including vandalism , iconoclasm , forgery , fraud, peacetime theft, war looting , archaeological looting, smuggling, submarine looting, and ransom.