Former FBI Investigator to Speak at Penn About Recovering Stolen Art
WHO: Robert Wittman, former senior investigator/founder of the FBI's National Art Crime Team
WHAT: "Recovering the Priceless: The Proof Is in the Undercover Operation to Regain Our Heritage!"
WHEN: Feb. 27, 2013, 6p.m.
WHERE: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
33rd and Spruce streets
Robert Wittman’s work in recovering more than $300 million in stolen art and cultural property has taken him around the world to recover items including ancient Peruvian golden artifacts, a Rembrandt painting and Gerinomo’s eagle-feathered war bonnet.
As part of Penn’s 2012-13 academic theme, “Year of Proof,” Wittman will discuss the proofs needed to solve cases.