Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 days agoHow do people get rid of or sell stolen jewelry? I ask cause the news says the the Louve thieves can never sell it because it so known?message-squaremessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up161arrow-down13
arrow-up158arrow-down1message-squareHow do people get rid of or sell stolen jewelry? I ask cause the news says the the Louve thieves can never sell it because it so known?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square39fedilink
minus-squareSoftestSapphic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 day agoThere was another heist earlier this year where some gold artifacts were stolen and then sold to jewelery makers who melted them down. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-3000-year-old-bracelet-belonging-to-an-ancient-egyptian-pharaoh-has-been-stolen-sold-and-melted-down-for-gold-180987374/
There was another heist earlier this year where some gold artifacts were stolen and then sold to jewelery makers who melted them down.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-3000-year-old-bracelet-belonging-to-an-ancient-egyptian-pharaoh-has-been-stolen-sold-and-melted-down-for-gold-180987374/