STOLEN COLLECTIONS

Genre
Culture
Number of episodes
1
Length
52

The international art world has a dark side. Professional art finders work in war zones, using chaos to cover their crimes. Afghanistan, 1996; Iraq, 2003; Egypt, 2011 even while the bombs and bullets were flying, treasures were quickly sold on the black market. In the ongoing Syrian Civil War, criminals have quietly attacked one third of the countrys museums. In any place with explosions and angry crowds, you can be sure that looters will soon arrive...

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