Suspects alleged to have posed as academics to access books and replace them with copies, says Europol
Police have arrested nine Georgians suspected of running a sophisticated criminal operation stealing valuable antique books – including an original Alexander Pushkin manuscript – from national libraries across Europe.
Shelves of 19th-century Russian-language literature had been ransacked over two years across several countries and replaced by fakes, Europol, the EU police agency revealed on Thursday.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/apr/25/rare-library-book-thefts-europe-libraries
Author : Lisa O’Carroll in Brussels
Publish date : 2024-04-25 11:26:22
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