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Tommaso Di Ruzza

Tommaso Di Ruzza

Jul 27, 2026

24:18
So how does art fraud compare to other types of financial fraud? Like, who's involved in it? Are the methods that they're using unique? And is the money or the value that they can attach to them almost limitless? Because, I mean, we've all heard the phrase a priceless piece of art.
24:35
Yes, exactly.
24:37
But once again, if the starting point is that artwork are not just an item that someone is buying, but it could be an instrument for bigger schemes, of course, you may have different behaviors or different components resulting in a financial crime associated with, with the art and antiquities market.
24:57
So let's make some example.
24:59
The use of shell companies, trusts or third parties, uh, uh, intermediaries, cash transactions, in particular using large bulks of cash, large denomination banknotes, but also the very subjective approach to the value.
25:15
Y- you can buy something for big amount.
25:19
Of course, this is art, and, uh, it couldn't be necessarily a challenge.

12 MINS LATER

37:35
What does a realistic compliant future look like for the likes of high-end galleries and auction houses and, and even museums without destroying their core business model?

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