7.The FBI has the database of stolen works of art of most European countries.

8.In most European countries their own nationally-based computerised databases are incompatible with one another and with those in America.

9.Investigators can rely on the Interpol database.

10.For most officers engaged in the investigation of fine art theft , the real help comes from organisations like the Art Loss Register.

11.Investigators are given access not only to the computer database but also to a team of art experts.

Ex. 15. Translate the following terms into Ukrainian and retell the text using the key words:

1.stealing old masters and antiques

2.an absence of international police intelligence

3.internationally recognised database of stolen art

4.to fail

5.to cooperate with other countries in the investigation of stolen works of art

6.European origin

7.to have one’s own computerised database

8.incompatible

9.to rely on the Interpol’s database

10.a team of experts

Ex.16. Review the article in Ukrainian:

THE THEFT OF ARTS AND ANTIQUES IN THE UK

This is second only to drug dealing – and is more costly than the trade in stolen vehicles. And supporting the fight against this type of crime in the UK is Interpol London’s arts and antiques desk – a formidable tool for identifying and recovering stolen property worldwide.

London is the Mecca for the sale of arts and antiques. As a result, stolen property is constantly shipped in and out of Britain.

So Interpol London and Interpol’s headquarters in Lyon do their best to stamp out the illegal trade in art and antiques.

It is through the London arts and antiques desk that police have access to foreign authorities, intelligence and more recently the

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Automated Search Facility (ASF) database – administered by Interpol Lyon – of art stolen from around the world, wanted persons, stolen vehicles and other important data.

The database not only allows for the identification of recovered property but for the posting of information about stolen items as well. And it is fast becoming the first truly international police database in the world.

While most activities centre on London, an increasing amount of goods stolen in the UK are spirited abroad for sale in Paris, Amsterdam and Brussels. On these occasions, Interpol London liaises with the national central bureau in each country in order to have items seized.

Restitution is a civil matter and all parties claiming title have to instruct solicitors in the UK. The courts ultimately decide who has the best case for title.

The pursuit of stolen art and antiques is such that Interpol London has also close links with private sector firms. These companies routinely conduct searches of auction houses’ catalogues to identify stolen items and the best known in the UK are the Art Loss Register (ALR) and TRACE. Both companies have large databases.

However, the onus will always be firmly on individual police forces to take advantage of the expertise and willingness of Interpol to help. So the message is simple: give Interpol London a call on 0171 238 8115.

	Vocabulary notes:
formidable	[’fɔ:midəbl]	грізний
Mecca	[’mekə]	Мекка, місце поломництва
to ship	[ ip]	перевозити
headquarters	[’hed’kwɔ:təz]	головне управління, центр
to stamp out	[stæmp]	знищувати
to spirit	[’spirit]	таємно викрасти
to liaise	[leiz]	підтримувати зв’язок
onus	[’ounəs]	відповідальність, обов’язок

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Ex. 17. Make up questions and let your fellow-students answer them.

Ex. 18. Translate the following sentences into English:

1.Політичні розбіжності стали серйозною перешкодою на шляху боротьби із крадіжками творів мистецтва.

2.Спроба створити міжнародний банк даних викрадених творів мистецтва зазнала невдачі.

3.Велика кількість творів мистецтва, викрадених у Європі, перепродуються в США.

4.ФБР надає місцевій поліції штатів детальну інформацію (описову та фотографічну) розшукуваних творів мистецтва.

5.Поліція Об’єднаного Королівства та інших Європейських країн має комп’ютeризовані бази даних, але вони несумісні одна з одною.

6.Нажаль, Інтерпол отримує інформацію про крадіжки творів мистецтва протягом 3-6 місяців потому.

7.Існує нагальна потреба в обміні оперативними даними, щоб запобігти кримінальній діяльності організованих груп у цій сфері.

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UNIT 8

Topic: Motor Vehicle Theft

		Vocabulary notes:
accelerating n		[ə k`seləreitiŋ]	прискорювання
due to adv		[dju:]	дякуючи, завдяки кому
			(чому)
alert n		[ ə`lə :t]	тривога
attended adj		[ə`tendid]	той, кого не супроводять
attribute	v	[ ə`tribju:t]	пояснювати, з’ясовувати,
border n		[b :də :]	кордон
break n		[breik]	зміна, перерва
chassis	n	[`ʃæsi]	шасі, рама
collapse n		[kə`læ ps]	обвал, падіння
collate v		[kə’leit]	детально звіряти,
			порівнювати
comprise v		[kəm`praiz]	складатися з
curb n		[kə :b]	узбіччя тротуару
decline n		[di`klain]	падіння, зниження
delay v		[di`lei]	відкладати, затримувати
enterprise n		[’іntə,praiz]	підприємство
estimate v		[esti,meit]	оцінювати, цінувати
fund v		[f nd]	фінансувати
identity n		[ai`dentiti]	ідентичність
in circulation n		[sə:kju`leiʃn]	діючий, в обігу
increasingly adv		[in`kri:siŋli]	в більшій мірі
install v		[in`stɔ:l]	установлювати
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intensify v	[in`tensifai]	посилювати, збільшувати
long-term a	[`lɔŋ`tə:m]	перспективний
major a	[`meidʤə(n)]	крупний, великий
mobilize v	[`məubilaiz]	мобілізувати
observe v	[əb`zə:v]	спостерігати
perceive v	[pə`si:v]	сприймати, осягати
perpetrator n	[pə:pi,treitə(r) ]	злочинець
pressure n	[`preʃə( r)]	тиск, вплив
proliferation n	[prə,lifə`reiʃ(ə)]	поширення,
		росповсюдження
prosperity n	[prɔ`speriti]	процвітання
reintroduction n	[ri:intrə`d kʃ(ə)	повторне введення,
	n]	повторний вступ
replacement n	[ri`pleismənt]	відшкодування, заміна
routinely adv	[ru:`ti:nli]	формально, регулярно
salvage n	[`sælviʤ]	страхування, рятування,
		порятунок
source n	[sɔ:s]	джерело
subsequent adj	[`s bsikwənt]	наступний
trend n	[trend]	тенденція
unattend adj	[ nə`tendid]	автоматичний
volume n	[`vɔ`lju:m]	об`єм

A BIG BREAK ON CAR CRIME

Car thefts in Hungary are at last on the decline. This could be the beginning of an accelerating long-term trend observed for the first time since the collapse of the communist administration and the subsequent proliferation of internationally-directed organized crime at the beginning of last decade.

The police registered the theft of 4,870 vehicles (in a country of just 10 million people) during the first quarter of 1999; down from 7,055

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in the same period of 1998 and more than 16,000 during the whole of 1998.

The decline is significant because it follows several recent, successful anti-theft policing innovations, which have been adopted by Hungary's neighbors in East-Central Europe where a similar trend may now be expected.

Further innovations are on the way. The Hungarian Minister of the Interior and himself a former national police chief, hopes to achieve an additional 15-20 per cent decline a year in the volume of car thefts as a result of the introduction of new, supposedly forgery-proof, laser-printed vehicle registration documents.

The long-debated and much delayed process - linked to the current replacement of all Hungarian passports in circulation with new, high-security travel documents - has been practically completed.

Security gates routinely checking the identity of all vehicles passing through them and alerting the police to the presence of cars (or their drivers) on the wanted list are to be installed at strategic locations. Electronic unattended border crossing points are to control international commerce and collate personal information with sensitive police data. Used car and salvage firms are being put under pressure to clean up their books and prevent the reintroduction of stolen cars or the sale of stolen car parts.

The decline in car thefts follows several international conferences organized by Interpol and the United Nations in Hungary, Poland and Russia since the global rise of the Russian Mafia, a major perpetrator of this enterprise, during the 1990s.

The trade involves the theft of more than one million luxury vehicles a year in the West and their export to countries of the former Soviet Union and the Balkans as well as the Middle East, Africa and Asia, causing annual losses conservatively estimated at tens of billions of dollars. Car thefts are most frequent in Germany.

Hungary's car theft statistics comprise a significant part of the global picture because the country is a key transit zone.

Hungary's first major innovation in the fight against car thieves, which has become popular throughout the region, was the establishment two years ago of public information offices where prospective purchasers could check a databank for the license, chassis and motor numbers of used cars on offer.

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