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Art Theft: The Scream By Edvard Munch

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Art theft is very serious and terrible crime. People commit this crime to use it as a ransom to get a large sum of money, or to just get attention. This is why art museums have such high security. The security is so protected, that the FBI has a art crime team of 16 special agents to make sure art theft is kept at a minimum. (https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/investigate/vc_majorthefts/arttheft/arttheft)

“The Scream”, by Edvard Munch was created in 1893. On February 12th 1994 in Oslo, Norway The Winter Olympics was being held. Little did anyone know, two art thieves were planning to steal “The Scream”. It took them only 50 seconds to climb up a ladder, smash through the window of the museum and cut the painting from the wall with wire cutters.

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