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The Rathkeale Rovers’ “shopping spree”\u00a0may have come to an end\u00a0(I say may, because there are still some members at large). \u00a014 of them were arrested, found guilty and have now been sentenced to periods ranging from\u00a015 months to 6 years and 8 months for stealing over $80M worth of Chinese antiques and artifacts from British museums. \u00a0According to the story, much of the purloined items made their way to China, making recovery very difficult. For more on this story, click HERE.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Rathkeale Rovers’ “shopping spree”\u00a0may have come to an end\u00a0(I say may, because there are still some members at large). \u00a014 of them were arrested, found guilty and have now been sentenced to periods ranging from\u00a015 months to 6 years … More…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,1],"tags":[73,32],"class_list":["post-23726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rehs-galleries","category-rehs-contemporary","tag-chinese-antiques","tag-the-dark-side"],"yoast_head":"\n\u2018Rathkeale Rovers\u2019 gang jailed over \u00a357m UK museums thefts - Rehs Galleries<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2016\/04\/rathkeale-rovers-gang-jailed-over-57m-uk-museums-thefts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u2018Rathkeale Rovers\u2019 gang jailed over \u00a357m UK museums thefts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Rathkeale Rovers’ “shopping spree”\u00a0may have come to an end\u00a0(I say may, because there are still some members at large). \u00a014 of them were arrested, found guilty and have now been sentenced to periods ranging from\u00a015 months to 6 years … More...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2016\/04\/rathkeale-rovers-gang-jailed-over-57m-uk-museums-thefts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rehs Galleries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RehsGalleriesInc\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/howard.rehs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-04-06T12:11:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-13T07:10:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Howard L. 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