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Adam Worth - Feature story on a world-class master thief.
Bank Robbery - Unsolved bank robberies (Pittsburgh - Western PA - West Virginia), with bulletins and rogues gallery photos of bank robbers.
Stolen - Database of devices which have been either lost or stolen.
Harvey Bailey - Life and crimes of the American bank robber. Information on his childhood, prison escape, and partners.
Art Theft - Most Wanted Art - Search for the world's most wanted art.
Price of Age - An electronic dissertation on the illicit trade of antiquities by Andrew Cranwell.
Object ID - Site describes rationale, use and contacts for Object ID, an international standard for describing art, antiques and antiquities to combat theft.
Stolen Property or Finders Keepers? - Dede Tisone-Bartels provides teacher's resources for considering the true ownership of works of art which have been taken from their place of origin to museums and collections around the world.
Looting Question Bibliography - Hugh Jarvis lists Internet and published resources on the archaeological politics of private collecting, commercial treasure hunting, looting.
Stolen Stones: The Modern Sack of Nineveh - Looting of Iraqi archaeological sites since the Gulf War. Illustrated feature by John M. Russell in Archaeology includes clickable map of the throne room suite.
Sources of Information on Antiquities Theft - Librarian provides a bibliography and list of Internet resources on theft of antiquities.
Art Theft from Cyprus to Munich - Archaeology magazine feature article by Mark Rose on the looting of frescoes, mosaics and icons from churches in Northern Cyprus
Swiss Recover 10,000 Stolen Antiquities - Archaeology magazine feature article by Andrew Slayman on one of the largest recoveries of stolen art treasures.
The Art Loss Register - Operates a permanent international database of stolen and missing works of art, antiques and valuables, to assist law enforcement agencies in the battle against art theft.
Find Stolen Art - Database aiming to assist UK police in the recovery and return of stolen antiques and to enable auction houses, collectors and dealers to exercise due diligence.
Looting Matters - Studies by Christopher Chippindale and David Gill of the University of Wales Swansea on the material and intellectual consequences of collecting antiquities, with related links.
Britain Leads Illicit Trade in Rare Books - The Guardian reports that Britain has become the centre for criminal traffick in ancient manuscripts and historic books.
Holy Door of the Monastery of St. Anastassios - Human Rights Action pleads with the Kanazawa College of Arts in Japan to return an 11th-century iconic door looted from Cyprus. Includes photograph.
Michel van Rijn - Dutch former art dealer and smuggler who has collaborated with police against the illicit art trade. Includes a 'Swindler's list' of art theft news; synopsis of his book Hot Art and Cold Cash.
Stolen Antiquities from Corinth Return to Greece - The Hellenic Ministry of Culture rejoices in the recovery of the priceless collection of artifacts stolen from the Archaeological Museum of Ancient Corinth in 1990. Illustrated catalogue.
Illicit Antiquities Research Centre (IARC) - At University of Cambridge to research and highlight damage caused by looting of archaeological sites. Publishes periodical Culture Without Context. Information on latest news, events, information, legal conventions, resources.
NYTimes.com - Thwarting Art Thieves on a Budget - Discusses problems of art theft during business hours and how museums and other facilities have responded.
Gang Caught with 200,000 Artefacts - Giles Tremlett reports in the Guardian that Spanish police have captured 100 archaeological robbers in an operation that netted a vast haul of antiques up to 5,000 years old.
Museum Security Network: Art Crime - News reports of cultural property incidents, such as art theft, looting of art in wartime, fire and forgery worldwide.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Treasure Hunt Hits the Web - Georgia parks officials are turning to the Internet in an effort to track a collection of 1,500-year-old Native American artifacts stolen from a South Georgia museum nearly 30 years ago.
Kolomoki Mounds State Historic Park - Includes photographs of Native American Kolomoki burial pottery stolen in 1974 from a museum in the State of Georgia, US, with a request for information.
BBC: Stolen Turner Paintings Found - Two Turner paintings from the Tate galleries' collection, stolen while on display in Germany eight years ago, are found.
Stolen Art - This Belgian initiative aims to assist the police in Belgium and elsewhere in the recovery and return of stolen antiques. Register stolen art pieces. Newsletters.
Trace - UK magazine in which stolen stolen art, antiques, collectables can be advertised. Or register their details on the ACTS database. Service, bulletin, becoming a partner, information resources.
Seeking Return of George Rufus Boynton Painting - Seeking information on the theft of an oil painting of Mary Junius Boynton, by American portrait artist George Rufus Boynton, ca. 1906.
Project for the Documentation of Wartime Cultural Losses - Official reports on the Nazis' seizure of cultural property in France, Russia, Europe, Occupied Territories, Neutral countries and Latin America.
Commission for Art Recovery - Organization that dentifies and locates art stolen by the Nazis and their collaborators, and registers claims for the victims of Nazi art theft.
Holocaust-Era Assets - International list of current activities regarding holocaust-era assets. A project of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in conjunction with the Washington Conference on Holocaust-Era Assets.
Holocaust: The Plunder of Art Treasures - Excerpt from the International Military Tribunal, Nurnberg: Nazi Conspracy and Aggression, Volume 1, Chapter 14.
Lost Art Internet Database - A government-sponsored German database of art objects either stolen by the Nazis or for which no legal proprietor has been found.
The Spoils of War - [Germany] Biannual newsletter published by the German Coordination Office of the Federal States for the Return of Cultural Property.
Museum Security Network: World War II and Looted Art - Compilation of international articles about art lost during World War II.
Hitler's Capital - Part II of an article by James S. Plaut, in which he tells the story of retrieving and collecting of masterpieces looted by Rosenberg, Goring, and Hitler and hidden in Germany. [The Atlantic Monthly]
Loot for the Master Race - Article by James S. Plaut, who was directly responsible for recovering the works of art which had been looted by Rosenberg, Göring, and Hitler and hidden in Germany. [The Atlantic Monthly]
Restitution - Art - [Czech Republic] Database of works of art from public collections in the Czech Republic that come, or may come, from the property of the victims of the Holocaust.
The Schloss Collection: Non-restituded Works Looted 1943-1998 - Catalogue listing works of art from the Schloss collection not restituted as of July 1, 1997.
Enemy Property: The British Government Claims Scheme - [United Kingdom] Site contains details of the claims scheme and how to apply. It also has summary details of records held at the Public Record Office relating to UK property seized during WWII from organisations and individuals resident in countries with which the UK was at war.
Interministerial Commission for Art Works - [Italy] Catalogue of Italian art treasures lost during the Second World War. Lists over 2500 objects classified under 1512 headings and accompanied by 280 photographs.
The Art Newspaper - Looted Art - Selection of recently published articles on the subject of art looted during the Second World War. Also publishes a complete list of names of the dealers, museum curators, collectors and Nazi officials involved in trading art in occupied Europe, as reported to the US government in 1946 by the Office of Strategic Services.
Presidential Commission on Holocaust Assets in the US - Present a historical record of the collection and disposition of the assets of Holocaust victims that came into the possession or control of the Government of the United States.
Holocaust Claims Processing Office: Art Claims - [New York State] Downloadable claims form.
Holocaust Assets: US State Department - Links to US government documents relating to Holocaust-Era Assets, including looted art.
The Central Registry of Information for Looted Cultural Property 1933-1945 - A comprehensive website containing internationally available information and research relating to cultural property looted between 1933-1945.
CBC Witness: Restitution - About the plunder of Europe's art by the Nazi's during WWII and the efforts to return it.
Bruno Kreisky Archives Foundation - [Austria] Art looted by the Nazi regime in Austria. Includes article by Oliver Rathkolb on restitution policies and a list of privately owned artworks still missing.
US National Archives Bibliography of Holocaust Era Assets - Provides categorized bibliographic citations, printed and online, dealing with Holocaust-Era Assets. Includes categories for looted art.
Lost to the World - The website for the book "Lost to the World" written by Tom Adler and Anika Scott telling the story behind the disappearance of Mahler's manuscript "Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen".
Los Angeles County Museum of Art - Results of an interim report on LACMA's research on the provenance of paintings in its departments of Modern and Contemporary Art and European Paintings and Sculpture.
National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. - World War II provenance research. Photos and history for eleven paintings in the collection that were looted during the war.
Museum of Modern Art - Lists fourteen works from the MoMA collection with gaps in their histories between 1933 and 1945.
Cleveland Museum of Art - Provenence research project guidelines. Includes a list and photos of paintings that either have gaps in their provenance or that were known to have been confiscated by the Nazis.
National Museums in the United Kingdom - Progress report on provenance research for the period 1933-1945.
The Art Institute of Chicago - Painting and sculpture provenance report.
Getty Museum - Provenance of works in the Getty's collections, from the rise to power of the Nazi party to its defeat. Includes links to Holocaust-era art issues.
National Gallery of Canada - Provenance research project. Lists European paintings with incomplete or not fully documented provenances for the period 1933-1945.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Lists 338 European paintings with incomplete provenance for the World War II era.
Harvard University Art Museums - Features an interim report on the provenance research being conducted, including a comprehensive list of works under review.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston - Results of research undertaken by the MFA on the history of ownership of its collection of European paintings.
Seattle Art Museum - Lists works of art in the European collection that have gaps in their provenance during the Nazi era (1933 - 1945).
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts - Provides information on the museum's European paintings and sculptures executed before 1946 and acquired since 1933 for which the provenance is incomplete for the years 1933 to 1945.
Art Gallery of Ontario: Spoliation Research - Lists paintings, sculptures, and drawings in the gallery's European collection with gaps in their provenance between 1933-1945, with a description of the gallery's provenance research efforts.
The American Association of Museums - Contains guidelines for American museums concerning the unlawful appropriation of objects during the Nazi era.
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College - Searchable online database of provenance research.
Vizcaya Museum and Gardens - Lists 33 paintings with incomplete provenance for the World War II era.
The Detroit Institute of Arts - List of all the paintings that entered the collection from 1932 to the present day, for which there are gaps in the provenance during the period 1932-1946.
Philadelphia Museum of Art - Images and provenance information for art objects, especially European paintings, whose whereabouts during the war years may be in question.
U.S. Government Site - Identity Theft - The U.S. government's central website for information about identity theft.
Stolen Identity - Information from a former victim on how to prevent and deal with identity theft, credit card fraud, and stolen checks.
Identity Theft - Commercial site offering an Identity Theft Survival Kit for victims.
State Govertment Site - New York Attorney Generals Office - Preventative tips.
Privacy Rights Clearinghouse - Identity Theft Resources - Articles and related links on what to do if you are a victim of identity theft.
Better Business Bureau - Stopping Identity Theft: Protecting Your Privacy - Articles for consumers and businesses.
Identity Theft Information - Information to help prevent the theft of one's identity.
Identity Restoration, Inc. - Assists identity theft victims with customized services to monitor and restore one's record. Site has many tips and links to related sites and laws.
Identity Theft Answers - Forum to help people find answers to their problems and to communicate with others who have had similar experiences.
Promiseplans.com - Sells services to prevent, detect and resolve cases of on-line identity fraud.
Fight Identity Theft - Offers free tools and information on how to detect and prevent identity theft.
csmonitor.com - Identity Theft - Consumers report a rise in this type of fraud. Discusses how thieves get personal data and what to do to help prevent it from happening.
Identity Theft Protection - Offers a monitoring service to protect against online and offline identity theft.
Washington Post - Identity Thieves Thrive in Information Age - Summarizes the problem of identify theft.
NYTimes.com - Thieves Steal Homeowners' Identities and Their Equity - Criminals posing as homeowners have been applying for home equity loans and have even "sold" houses they do not really own. [Requires free NYTimes.com registration to view.]
NYTimes.com - 13,000 Credit Reports Stolen by Hackers - Computer intruders use an authorization code from Ford Credit to get the credit reports from Experian. [Requires free NYTimes.com registration to view.]
101 Identity Theft - A resource for avoiding and resolving identity theft, includes reporting forms, and contact information if you are a victim.
Identity Track for Identity Theft Protection - Protect yourself from identity theft with Identity Track. Get alerts to changes on your credit file, cancel lost or stolen credit cards with a call, & more!
Are you a victim of identity theft? - Free information, resources, links and statistics on identity theft and credit card fraud.
Victims Assistance of America (VAA) - Aggressively addressing identity theft, aggravated identity theft, malicious identity theft and also terroristic identity assumption . Regional non-profit agencies for victims of individual/corporate technological abuse.
Identity Theft: A Quiz for Consumers - This U.S. Department of Justice site offers consumers a short quiz to help them learn how to protect themselves from identity theft.
Learn to prevent Identity Theft - Instruction from an expert on privacy and technology. Teach yourself the art of identity protection before you become a statistic.
Credit Alert - Stop Identity Bandits- Cold - Identity Bandits rob you by trashing your families future borrowing ability. Stop them cold with a rock-solid customized self defense plan.
Identity Theft: Fact and fiction - This article discusses the growth and impact of identity theft, and how society should respond to its challenges.
My Journey by Jamie R. Dean KE4HTM - Describes the author's journey with identity and amateur radio callsign theft, and the eventual trial and punishment of the thief. Also provides tips for avoiding and stopping identity theft
NYTimes.com - 3 Charged in What Authorities Call Biggest Identity Theft Case - Three men were charged with stealing credit information from more than 30,000 people. In the process, prosecutors say, the three men stole at least $2.7 million. [Requires free nytimes.com registration to view.]
FightIdentityTheft.org - Works to shut down sites that offer fake IDs and other forms of illegal documents.
jasonhall.org - ID Theft - Identification and authentication strategies to prevent ID theft, ID fraud, and credit card fraud.
Identity Theft Investigations - Identity Theft
Identity Theft - tips to avoid - Identity theft is becoming a major risk in the modern world, learning how to avoid it is not difficult and can save you untold problems, financial and personal. I don't promise to have all the answers, but I can share what I have learnt...
How to Protect Yourself from Identity Theft - Securemyidentity.com - How to protect yourself from Identity Theft and credit card fraud. Solutions for victims and full contact information.
Bankrate.com - 14 Tips to Avoid Identity Theft - Suggestions from Frank Abagnale on reducing one's risk of identity theft.

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