Four California museums raided
source: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/25/us/25raid.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin
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Federal agents raided a Los Angeles gallery and four museums in Southern California on Thursday, including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, as part of a five-year investigation into the smuggling of looted antiquities from Thailand, Myanmar, China and Native American sites.
The other institutions searched were the Pacific Asia Museum in Pasadena, the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana, the Mingei International Museum in San Diego and the Silk Roads Gallery in Los Angeles.
The other institutions searched were the Pacific Asia Museum in Pasadena, the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana, the Mingei International Museum in San Diego and the Silk Roads Gallery in Los Angeles.
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supplesammich
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I worked for the Mingei and can vouch for it's fraudulent practices. As soon as I read the headline I just knew they were one of the four - I've seen it first hand.
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