Europol says suspects sometimes posed as academics to access to books and replace them with copies
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 literature had been ransacked over two years across several countries and replaced by fakes, Europol, the EU police agency revealed on Thursday.
Continue reading…Europol says suspects sometimes posed as academics to access to books and replace them with copiesPolice 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 literature had been ransacked over two years across several countries and replaced by fakes, Europol, the EU police agency revealed on Thursday. Continue reading…