The unit's purpose is to investigate art theft, illegal trafficking and fraud.
[3] It was dissolved and reformed in the mid-1980s, a second time after the 2005 London Bombings and again following the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017.
[7] In contrast, the Italian Carabinieri Art Squad employs around 300 detectives.
[6] The unit's work led to the successful prosecution of Jonathan Tokeley-Parry in 1997 for smuggling Egyptian antiquities.
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