Art Theft & Fraud
Art theft and fraud costs between $6-7 billion worldwide every year. Here we track some of the biggest art heists and frauds from the files of the FBI Art Crime Team, Interpol and other credible sources.
INTERPOL’s global database of Stolen Works of Art
INTERPOL maintains a global database of Stolen Works of Art, which contains more than 52,000 items from 134 member countries and includes photos, descriptions...
FBI Top Ten Art Crimes, FBI Art Crimes Team – Updated
Here is an update on the FBI Top Ten Art Crimes list investigations, and we've added a few new art heists to keep the...
FBI Foils Geronimo’s Headdress Sale
Geronimo was a famous Apache Indian who was known as a great medicine man and spiritual leader. For years, the Apaches, like many Native...
New Cultural Rights Legislation targets fake Indigenous art
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists and businesses have been disadvantaged by the sale of inauthentic arts and crafts, which leads to cultural and...
Art Theft at Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston
More than three decades after thieves stole 13 works of art during a 1990 heist at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, the...
Colonel Blood’s plot to pinch the British Crown Jewels
The 2019 theft of €113.8 million in jewels, including the Queen’s Jewellery, from the Historic Green Vault in the Royal Palace Dresden had us...
Stolen Crown Jewels from the Royal Palace Dresden
Five burglars who stole €113.8 million in jewels, including the Queen's Jewellery from the Jewel Room, Historic Green Vault at the Royal Palace Dresden...
Fake Paintings Sell in Online & Offline Auctions
A gallery and auction house owner, and eBay seller trading under the tag sambuca914, defrauded dozens of people in sales of bogus artworks, according to a...
