Crime WorldEpisode 44: The Art Detective And James Bond’s Aston Martin
He’s the art detective who hunts stolen masterpieces and who re-unites works of art with their rightful owners years after they have been looted.
From lost works by artists like Picasso or Warhol to flash designer watches worth more than €100,000, Chris Marinello of Art Recovery International has brought home more than half a billion dollars worth of missing goods over his three decades in the business.
Today, he tells me about his incredible career negotiating with a heady mix of rogue collectors, Nazi thieves and organised criminals looking to wash their dirty money.
We talk daring heists, missing classics and the hunt for James Bond’s Aston Martin.
From lost works by artists like Picasso or Warhol to flash designer watches worth more than €100,000, Chris Marinello of Art Recovery International has brought home more than half a billion dollars worth of missing goods over his three decades in the business.
Today, he tells me about his incredible career negotiating with a heady mix of rogue collectors, Nazi thieves and organised criminals looking to wash their dirty money.
We talk daring heists, missing classics and the hunt for James Bond’s Aston Martin.
