Getty Kept Items to Itself in Probe

Felch, J., and Frammolino, R. (2005) ‘Getty Kept Items to Itself in Probe’, Los Angeles Times, 2 September.

The J. Paul Getty Trust, which has said it was fully cooperating with an Italian investigation into the antiquities trade, did not disclose a series of letters and photographs showing that its chief antiquities curator maintained close relationships with dealers suspected of selling looted art, according to documents and interviews.

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