Going Undercover to Recover Priceless Art with FBI Art Crime Senior Investigator Robert Wittman

About this episode

The episode features an interview with FBI Art Crime Senior Investigator Robert Wittman discussing the complexities of art crime and his book 'Priceless'.

Art crime isn't like other crime. They aren't just stealing from one person or organization, when they steal a masterpiece from a museum, they're stealing from all of us. A lot of former law enforcement officials write books. Not a lot of them write page turners. I found Robert Wittman after reading about him in the news and reached out cold—because his book Priceless is just that good. We're talking kept-me-up-until-2-AM good. Art crime is fascinating, but it doesn't always grab me li...

People in this episode

Host: Kelly Paxton

Guest: Robert Wittman

Topics covered

• art crime
• FBI
• investigation
• masterpieces
• cultural theft

Keywords

• art crime
• FBI
• Robert Wittman
• Priceless
• investigation
• theft
• masterpieces

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Priceless

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