Art crime has become the third highest grossing criminal trade in the world. Art crimes are also used to launder money. Alfredo martines, former bosca ger, allegedly, now he's just a regular artist. He even has a piece in moma's collection in new york city,. where he also lives.
Art crime is booming and Jean-Michel Basquiat’s paintings (or at least some very realistic forgeries) are the loot du jour. Reporter Brett Sokol and a guy who used to forge Basquiats explain.
This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy, fact-checked by Matt Collette, engineered by Paul Mounsey, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram, who also edited.
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