Chasing the Greek treasure thieves

Name: Chasing the Greek treasure thieves
Uploaded: 2013-07-19T15:48:51.000Z
Duration: 1 min 33 s
Description: The economic meltdown has created a boom in antiquity thefts as people try to make money from the treasures of ancient Greece.

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The economic meltdown has created a boom in antiquity thefts as people try to make money from the treasures of ancient Greece. However Detective Gergios Tsoukalis of the Greek police is hard on their trail in Athens.

BBC Fast Track's Theopi Skarlatos joins him on a chase of some suspects and discovers that illegal trading in antiquities has risen by 30% since 2009.

You can see Theopi's report in full plus other clips at the BBC's Fast Track website.

Fast Track will be on BBC World News at 03.30, 13.30 and 18.30 GMT on Saturday 20 July and 06.30 GMT on Sunday 21 July.

Europe

19 July 2013