The Federal Bureau of Investigation has a strong interest in tracking down art thieves, an investigator told risk managers of companies with corporate art collections as well as museum directors and underwriters at a briefing in New York.
Participants at the session also learned that a majority of art thefts involve items that are warehoused.
The FBI now has a dedicated Art Crime Team of eight agents nationwide who specialize in locating stolen art and artifacts, said Robert K. Wittman, FBI senior investigator.
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