Synopsis:

A major ethical crisis has hit many big museums of the USA, a sign of the deeper crisis of the antiquities trade. Among those at risk are theMetropolitan and Getty’s reputations in themurky market of international art. Network is a documentary foretelling this crisis, focusing on the international ring of people involved in the smuggling of antiquities. Among those exposing the network are Tom Hoving (former director of Metropolitan Museum), George Ortiz (major private collector in Geneva), General Conforti (Carabinieri), Dick Ellis (former chief of the Art Squad of ScotlandYard), Patrick Gildea (FBI). The Filmincludes the stories of the CorinthMuseum theft, the Euphronious Krater, and the Robin Symes and Jacomo Medici prosecutions.