30 Million In Art Missing

British police say they have smashed a multi-million pound organised art theft ring that has been plundering stately homes and galleries around the country. Two men and a woman had been arrested and half a million pounds worth of stolen art recovered - but art worth some 30 million pounds taken in thefts over the past two years was still missing. Art theft to order is a world-wide problem involving ancient artefacts to modern masterpieces - some of which is known to transit through Britain. Interpol has on its Web site 415 items stolen recently and only 181 recently discovered. For the full story - click the title Irish Art