Russian gangs are stealing precious artefacts from Ukraine and smuggling them back across the border under the direction of senior officials, according to reports.
Digital technology experts and an international team of academics have tracked down the thefts and have already detected patterns in the crimes, it is thought many of them have been traced back to the Kremlin.
The main target for the Russian criminals appears to be Scythian gold, which heralds from a former region of central Eurasia around where around 2,000 years ago, nomadic tribes produced works of art and gold jewellery.
