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StephaneBreitweiser,33,fromAlsace,inFrance,isthegreatestartthiefinEurope.Foroversixyears,whilehewasworkingasalorrydriver,hestole239paintingsfrommuseumsinFrance,Austria,andDenmark.Hewentintothemuseumsjustastheywereclosingandhidthepaintingsunderhiscoat.Nobodylookedathimbecausehewaswearingasecurityguard’suniform.Backinhisapartment,wherehewaslivingwithhismother,hefilledhisbedroomwithpricelessworksofart.Hismother,Mireille,53,thoughtallthepaintingswerecopies.Onedaywhiletheywerehavingsupper,thepolicearrived,andtheytookStephanetothepolicestation.Mireillewassoangrywithhersonthatshewenttohisroom,tooksomepaintingsfromthewalls,andcutthemintosmallpieces.Othersshetookandthrewintothecanal.Altogethershedestroyedartworthtwobilliondollars!Bothmotherandsonspentmanyyearsinprison

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