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Moncrieff · Monday · 7 min

Selling stolen art is tricky - so why do it?

Last week, thieves broke into a French museum and escaped with four paintings by Renoir worth millions of euro, but why? It’s not exactly easy to sell stolen and famous art, so why go through the trouble? Anja Shortland, Professor in Political Economy at Kings College London, joins Seán to discuss.

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Last week, thieves broke into a French museum and escaped with four paintings by Renoir worth millions of euro, but why? It’s not exactly easy to sell stolen and famous art, so why go through the trouble?

Anja Shortland, Professor in Political Economy at Kings College London, joins Seán to discuss.

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