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Site of $160m (£82m) Art Theft - 10 Feb, 2008




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Name:Site of $160m (£82m) Art Theft - 10 Feb, 2008
Description:An armed gang has stolen four paintings worth some $160m (£82m) by the great painters Cezanne, Degas, Van Gogh and Monet from a museum in Zurich.
Swiss police said the robbery happened at the Emil Buehrle Collection on Sunday. The three thieves are at large.
The gang threatened a security guard before seizing the works. The art theft is one of the biggest in the world in the last 20 years.
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Submitted By:mlc1us @ 2008-02-13 00:28:01
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Latitude:47.35326600
Longitude:8.56178500
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City:Zurich
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jbottero @ 2008-02-13 12:33:41
The house looks all boarded up, and there are no autos in the lot. Must have been a *very* private collection.


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