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World Service,18 Sep 2018,17 mins

How Corrupt is the Antiquities Trade?

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What is the true price of the world's looted antiquities? Is art dealing a corrupt business and does some of it fund terrorism? What about the role of museums? To answer these questions we turn to a former art smuggler, a forensic archaeologist and a museum curator. Producer: Laurence Knight PHOTO: Indian security personnel stands among recoverd antique idols and artefacts suspected to have been looted by an art dealer. Credit: ARUN SANKAR/AFP/Getty Images

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