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[–] Keld@hexbear.net 15 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

There are genuinely warehouses at airports with billions of dollars of art in them just sitting there rotting. Because they dont have to pay taxes on them if they never bring them into any country and they can leverage their claimed value even if no one ever sees the art.

And that's before we get into things like putting stolen art and looted artefacts on your yacht. This is as legit as it gets.