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BBC News | EUROPE | Art thieves demand ransom (400 words) |
 | Armed thieves who stole three valuable paintings from Sweden's National Museum have demanded a ransom for their return, police say. |
| The three thieves walked into the museum in central Stockholm as it was preparing to close for the day. |
| The theft is the biggest in Sweden since robbers cut through the roof of Stockholm's Modern Museum in 1993 and stole eight works of art by cubist masters Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque worth about $60m. |
| Wanted: Stolen Art (1349 words) |
| Art theft is also on the rise in the United States. |
| In addition, art from small museums and burial sites in the West have also fallen prey to thieves since works of art in these locations are relatively accessible and transportable. |
| The art was found in the hands of Micael Ward, a member of the United States Cultural Property Advisory Committee, which was created in 1983 to advise the president on how to implement laws protecting cultural property. |
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