Italian Prosecutors Looking Beyond True, Hecht

Prosecutors in the art trafficking trial of Getty Museum trustee Marion True and antiquities dealer Robert Hecht have been following a strategy of “calling attention to collectors, especially well-heeled Americans, with the implicit message that every player in the global antiquities trade is within their sights… The tactic has infuriated defense lawyers, whose objections became so heated on Friday that Judge Gustavo Barbalinardo decided to suspend the proceedings until tempers cooled.”