What It Was Like

I Spent 20 Years Catching Art Thieves (Preview)

October 30, 2026·11 min
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Robert Wittman founded the FBI’s Art Crime Team and spent 20 years going undercover to recover stolen art. In the full subscriber ep, Bob tells us how he catches art criminals. As he says, most of them make the same predictable mistakes, including those behind last October’s heist of the Louvre in Paris.Read Robert’s books:Priceless: How I Went Undercover to Rescue the World’s Stolen TreasuresThe Devil’s Diary: Alfred Rosenberg and the Stolen Secrets of the Third ReichSubscribe to WIWL PLUS+ to hear the full episode and get access to loads more exclusive content.Join our membership on Spotify here or on Apple Podcasts here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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