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How Mafia Money Helps Drive The Global Art Market

'The global art market is worth between 58 and 60 billion euros.'
"The global art market is worth between 58 and 60 billion euros." Sergei Akulich/Unsplash

Valuable pieces of art have a special appeal to people in organized crime, both as trophies — conveying power and prestige — and as a means to launder ill-gained earnings.

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