Description: First comprehensive study of Italy's "art police", an organisation devoted to protecting cultural artefacts.
Review Quotes: The illicit trafficking of works of art and antiquities is not a problem solely for the police and art experts. It affects us all...It is better to educate and forestall than to pursue and prosecute after the event: public information campaigns are needed. Such campaigns might usefully draw on the many instances highlighted in this important, timely chronicle and celebration of the work of the Carabinieri-- "TPC. TRANSACTIONS OF THE ANCIENT MONUMENTS SOCIETY"