Art Museums Duped

An Italian antiquities trafficker running a thriving business out of Switzerland duped some of the world's most famous auction houses and museums with illegally acquired artifacts. Giacomo Medici, an Italian dealer, was sentenced last month by a Rome judge to 10 years. Sometimes working through third parties, Medici sold works often dating back to several centuries, police said. Works traced to Medici ended up in New York's Metropolitan Museum, the J.P. Getty Museum in Los Angeles, Sotheby's auction houses, Tokyo's Antike Mittelmerkultur Museum and others. For the full story - click the title Irish Art