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RichardP posted Inside the Mind-Boggling World of the Antiquities Theft Task Force

07/22/22
by taz

Big Ideas

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In Ask Metafilter, storybored asks, What are some real-life thefts of unusually large physical objects? Just curious as to how thieves manage to steal large things. What they stole and how they did it.

02/28/22
by taz

The Art of the Steal

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It's like some 1970s middle class couple one day decided, "Hey honey, why don't we do some criming and heisting? Wouldn't that be fun?" — jonp72

The Art of the Steal: "They were a quiet couple that kept to themselves"; running the jewels (HT: gwint); the world's top art forgery detective; hunting the con queen of Hollywood; how to steal a shark, baby; how to steal it all.

08/10/18
by taz

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