With archeological sites closed and police reassigned to enforce lockdowns, Covid-19 has presented new opportunities for ancient artifact thieves or "tomb raiders" as they're known in Italy.
The app that turns you into an art crime sleuth
The worldâs biggest law enforcement agency wants the publicâs help in identifying and preventing the sale of illicitly trafficked cultural goods.
By Kelly Horan Globe Staff,Updated May 13, 2021, 12:00 p.m.
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Interpol s ID-Art app enables mobile access to its stolen art database and permits users to create art collection inventories and document at-risk cultural sites.INTERPOL
Private art crime sleuths the world over have just been given a new tool to help identify and stop the sale of stolen art and looted antiquities: a smartphone app that gives them instant, real-time access to Interpolâs international database of stolen art.