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Following Stolen Cars From Canada to Russia

How two investigative reporters for The Times learned where many of the luxury cars stolen to order in Canada are actually going, and why.

© Nasuna Stuart-Ulin for The New York Times

At the Port of Montreal, Frédéric Bonsaint, a Canada Border Services officer, inspects a stolen vehicle that was pulled from a shipping container destined for West Africa via Europe.
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Thieves Steal 800 Barrels of Guinness in Britain

The police said they were investigating the theft of about $155,000 worth of the famously creamy Irish stout from an industrial park in northwestern England.

© Paulo Nunes dos Santos for The New York Times

The police in Britain said that thieves had made off with two trailers of Guinness beer from a depot in Cheshire on Monday.
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Thieves Smash Museum Case for Diamond Necklace Worth Millions in Vienna

The theft of the precious object, once owned by an Egyptian queen and later sold to satisfy her creditors, was the latest in a string of high-profile museum losses.

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A collar made of platinum and diamonds which belonged to Queen Nazli of Egypt.
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Police Make Surprise Discovery of Stolen Statue of Olympic Gymnast Sunisa Lee

The St. Paul, Minn., police were investigating a report of gunfire when they found a bronze bust of Sunisa Lee, the gold medal Olympian, that was stolen last year.
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Russian Sanctions Are Fueling a Canadian Car Theft Epidemic

Russia is the largest destination for stolen Canadian cars. Smugglers are meeting the demand of a booming black market.

© Nasuna Stuart-Ulin for The New York Times

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He Thought He Destroyed a Flock Camera, but It Was a Decoy, Police Say

A Florida man was charged over the vandalism of a decoy version of the automated license plate readers, the authorities said.

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A Flock camera on a street in Massachusetts. The cameras and related technology have faced a backlash over privacy and misuse.
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Five Arrested in Connection to Stolen Works by Cézanne, Renoir and Matisse, Prosecutors Say

The Italian military police said that art collectively valued at more than $10 million had been found five months after being taken in a nighttime heist near Parma.

© Carabinieri Art Recovery Squad, via Associated Press

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8 Matisse Works, Looted from Library in Brazil, Are Recovered

Par : John Yoon
The prints by the French master were taken in São Paulo last year in a brazen daylight heist.

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A handout photo released by the São Paulo police press office showing the recovered Matisse works.
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