This week, Janelle and Vicky go on a tour de France to find crimes in the country known for cheese, croissants, and wine. Join us as we look at French crimes.
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Research links here!:
Vanity Fair – “The Assassin in the Vineyard”
Wine Spectator – “Domaine de la Romanee-Conti and French Police Foil Extortion Plot”
Decanter – “Hundreds of Domaine de la Romanee-Conti wine stolen at French port”
Forbes – “Domaine de la Romanee Conti, The Secret Cellar Of An European Collector”
Vinum 55 – “How Roundup Almost Destroyed the DRC”
NPR – “Plot To Poison Famed French Wine Makes For Gripping (Pinot) Noir”
National Geographic – “The Extortion Plot That Shook France’s Wine Country to Its Roots”
The Guardian – “Claim of blackmail plot to poison prestigious French vineyard”
BBC News – “Art Hoard worth $1.4bn destroyed”
The Guardian – “Priceless art haul destroyed by thief’s mother”
The Guardian – “Connoisseur turned crook who plundered Europe’s galleries for the simple love of art”
BBC News – “Suicidal art thief gets 26 months”
New York Times – “Your Stolen Art? I Threw Them Away, Dear”
The Art Newspaper – “Serial art thief Stephane Breitwieser arrested – again”
Grunge – “Stephane Breitwieser: The Truth About The Art Thief Who Stole $1.4 Billion”
GQ – “The Secrets of the World’s Greatest Art Thief”
Auctionata – “The Cleptomaniac”
