Crime of the Century, a Top 25 List.

By Alex in Crime & Law on Mar 5, 2007 at 11:35 am

Time Magazine lists the Top 25 notorious crimes of the century, like the stealing of the Mona Lisa in 1911:

… on Aug. 20, 1911, the space she occupied on the walls of the Louvre was discovered bare. The theft shook France: the country’s borders were closed, administrators at the museum were dismissed, enemies of traditional art were suspected of evil intentions. (The avant-garde poet Guillaume Apollinaire was arrested as a suspect; he implicated Pablo Picasso. Both were eventually dropped as possible culprits). …

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  1. Moon
    Mar 5th, 2007 at 6:30 pm

    No St. Valentine’s Day Massacre?

  2. Runa
    Mar 13th, 2007 at 3:39 am

    That’s one of the most famous crimes of recent history.


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