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The Jordan Harbinger Show

401: Robert Wittman | The Undercover Hunt for Stolen Art

The Jordan Harbinger Show

Jordan Harbinger

Social Sciences, Self-improvement, Entrepreneurship, Talk Radio, Business, Science, Education

4.812.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 September 2020

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

Robert Wittman created the FBI's national art crime team and is the author of Priceless: How I Went Undercover to Rescue the World's Stolen Treasures.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Coming up on the Jordan Harbanger Show.

0:30.0

Welcome to the show. I'm Jordan Harbanger.

0:35.0

On the Jordan Harbanger Show we decode the stories, secrets and skills of the world's most fascinating people.

0:40.0

If you're new to the show, we have in-depth conversations with people at the top of their game.

0:45.0

Astronauts, entrepreneurs, spies and psychologists, even the occasional FBI undercover, and that's what we've got here for you today.

0:51.0

Each show turns our guests wisdom into practical advice you can use to build a deeper understanding of how the world works

0:58.0

and become a better critical thinker.

1:00.0

Now, today, Art Crime is a $6 billion dollar a year industry.

1:05.0

Who knew? Art is used to finance terrorism, drug deals, money laundering, today's guest Bob Whitman.

1:11.0

He trained the Art Crime team at the FBI, basically founded it.

1:15.0

He spent years going undercover as a shady Art dealer who is used to multi-million dollar deals.

1:20.0

He's rescued Art from all over the world. We're going to hear about a lot of what he's found today.

1:24.0

Tips and tricks of the undercover agents, how they develop rapport, stay secret, how they manage two lives at once,

1:31.0

one as an FBI agent and the other as a criminal.

1:34.0

If you're wondering how I manage to book all these great authors, thinkers, celebrities, undercover's every single week,

1:39.0

it's because of my network and I'm teaching you how to build your network for free over at JordanHarbinger.com slash course.

1:47.0

And by the way, most of the guests on our show, they subscribe to the course, they help contribute to the course.

1:51.0

So come join us, you'll be in Smart Company. Now here's Bob Whitman.

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I was surprised actually to read that Art Crime is a six billion dollar a year industry.

2:03.0

Do you think it's more now since you've written the book or do you think it's gone down?

2:06.0

Well, you know, Jordan, first of all, thanks for having me on your show.

2:09.0

It's great. I really appreciate it. I love your show.

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