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World
worked together to find
of missing art. Detectives from Interpol, Europol, national police
and customs officers found more than 19,000
of artwork. These include an
Colombian gold mask that is over 600 years old. There was also a carved Roman lion, and
-old jewellery and ancient coins. Many items the police recovered were stolen from museums and archaeological
. Many were taken from countries at
. The thieves took cultural treasures while
were fighting civil wars or wars against
countries.
