Georgians arrested over cross-Europe thefts of rare library books
25-04-2024 15:11 via theguardian.com

Georgians arrested over cross-Europe thefts of rare library books

Suspects alleged to have posed as academics to access books and replace them with copies, says EuropolEurope live – latest updatesPolice have arrested nine Georgians suspected of running a sophisticated criminal operation stealing valuable antique books – including an original Alexander Pushkin manuscript – from national libraries across Europe.Shelves of 19th-century Russian-language literature had been ransacked over two years across several countries and replaced with fakes,
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