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Oakland Museum Heist: Hope for Recovery | Oakland News
Nine months after over a thousand Native American artifacts vanished from Oakland’s museum, FBI Art Crime Team founder Robert Wittman remains hopeful they’ll be recovered — and suspects the theft was opportunistic, not planned. The intruders bypassed fences, not museum staff, and while museums avoid public valuations to honor cultural significance, Wittman believes the items’ rarity and cultural weight make them hard to fence — and more likely to resurface. He’s surprised no reward has been offered, despite past success with smaller thefts, and notes the FBI typically steps in only for items…
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