art crime
Stealing cultural treasures
Art crime encompasses theft, forgery, vandalism, and illegal trafficking of artworks and cultural property.
The term covers everything from museum heists to looting archaeological sites to selling fakes as originals.
The FBI maintains a dedicated art crime team.
Art crime intersects with money laundering and organized crime, as stolen works can serve as untraceable currency or collateral.
- black marketIllicit trading system
- counterfeitFraudulent imitation
- restitutionRestoring what was lost
- lootingTheft during disorder
- forgeryCreating fraudulent imitations
iconoclasm · defacement · provenance · smuggling · red flag · thief · graffiti · alarm · vault · arson · guard · gallery · heist · inside job · cat burglar · stolen · statue · fraud
- art crimemuseum theft, stolen paintings, heist, tomb raiding
- art in fiction
protection vs. violation of cultural heritage
art crimeart conservation
Preserving and repairing artworks
cultural preservation · repatriation · art restoration · restoration