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Police from around the world have together to find lots of missing art. The detectives were from Interpol, Europol and many national police forces. The World Customs Organization also with the search. The police officers more than 19,000 items of artwork. These an ancient Colombian gold mask that over 600 years old. There was also a carved Roman lion, centuries-old jewellery, and thousands of ancient coins. Many of the items the police were from museums and archaeological sites. A lot of them were from countries at war. The thieves cultural treasures while countries were in a mess because of civil wars or wars against other countries.

The police 101 art traffickers around the world. The art thieves were from Spain, Colombia, Latvia, Afghanistan and Turkey. Interpol said they a long time online marketplaces to find the art and the thieves. Interpol's secretary-general Jürgen Stock to journalists about how big the operation was. He said: "The number of arrests and objects the scale and global reach of the illicit trade in cultural artefacts, where every country with a rich heritage a potential target." Interpol : "Organised crime many faces. The trafficking of cultural goods is one of them. It not a glamorous business by flamboyant gentlemen forgers, but by international criminal networks."