What are some things collectors should use to protect against art theft?
UG: It starts with proper documentation because if something is stolen and you don’t know what it is you’re looking for, we will not find it. It’s very simple, we find that many collectors don’t take photographs. Then, you need to have some mechanical systems so that if a thief tries to break into your home or your museum, and the alarm is ringing, the mechanical protection keeps that thief out of the building for 5 to 10 minutes until security personnel is there. Some professional gangs are specialized in using this timeframe to break in take whatever they can, then disappear before security arrives. The human factor is also important. For example, we found very often that small gangs are triggering false alarms several times until the security staff starts switching off the alarms. Then they have free access. So it’s important to have someone there to say this may not be as a false alarm. If you have the electrical system, the mechanical protection, and the human element, then you ca
