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Stefan the icon smuggler moves rich East Europe treasures
In Vienna a 25 year old known as Stefan the icon smuggler explains how he buys religious paintings from private collections in Eastern Europe and ships them west to profit from heightened prices as governments restrict exports. He describes methods from knapsacks to hiding icons in trains and even refrigerators to cross borders.
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