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Stephen Kurkjian

The theft of great treasures of art

By Stephen Kurkjian
February 16, 2008

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THE FOUR paintings by Cezanne, Van Gogh, Degas, and Monet grabbed by masked gunmen from a small Zurich museum join the hundreds of other masterpieces stolen from private collections and museums over the years as art theft continues to be one of the most lucrative and toughest crimes that police and security specialists must combat. (Full article: 810 words)

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