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V kriminaliteto, povezano z umetninami, so največkrat vpletene mednarodno dejavne organizirane kriminalne združbe, ki se ukvarjajo s pranjem denarja, preprodajo prepovedanih drog in izsiljevanjem. Dinamika kaznivih dejanj zoper umetnine je vse večja, storilci pa so vedno bolje organizirani. Najpogostejše tarče tovrstnih združb so cerkve, zasebne umetniške zbirke in muzeji, njihov najbolj zaželeni plen pa so umetniška dela svetovno znanih umetnikov. Najpogostejši motiv storilcev kaznivih dejanj zoper umetnine je pohlep po denarju. Dejstvo, da ima kriminaliteta organiziranih združb mednarodni značaj, da je za odkrivanje tovrstne kriminalitete potrebno posebno znanje, kakor tudi dejstvo, da je pripravljenost dražbenih hiš za sodelovanje pri odkrivanju tovrstnih kaznivih dejanj še vedno podrejena želji po zaslužku, predstavljata glavne težave pri preiskovanju kriminalitete, povezane z umetninami. Zato je še kako pomembno mednarodno sodelovanje policijskih enot. Avtor na podlagi analize izbranih primerov tatvin umetnin in analize intervjujev strokovnjakov na področju kaznivih dejanj zoper umetnine, opravljenih v nemško in angleško govorečem področju, ponudi poglobljen vpogled v neznani svet delovanja organiziranih kriminalnih združb, opredeli glavne težave pri preiskovanju kriminalitete, povezane z umetninami, in si posledično izoblikuje mnenje o storilcih kaznivih dejanj, kakšen je njihov motiv, kje so ukradene slike in na kakšne načine se le-te prodajo novemu kupcu oziroma kako in na kakšen način izsiljujejo lastnike umetnin. Pri tem si avtor v nalogi prizadeva odgovoriti na dve ključni vprašanji, in sicer prvič, ali so storilci kaznivih dejanj zoper umetnine ljubitelji in poznavalci umetnosti in drugič, ali so tatvine umetnin izvedene za vnaprej znanega naročnika. Art-related crime is mostly performed by internationally organized crime groups involved in money laundering, drug trafficking and extortion. The dynamics of crimes against art are increasing and the perpetrators are increasingly getting more organized. Churches, private art collections and museums are the most common targets of this type of groups, and their most desirable prey is artworks by world-renowned artists. The most common motive among perpetrators is the greed for money. The fact that organized crime has an international character, that special knowledge is required in order to detect such crime, as well as the fact that the willingness and preparedness of auction houses to cooperate in detecting such crimes are still inferior to the desire for money, represent the main problems in investigating art-related crime. That is why the international cooperation of police organisations is even more important. Based on the analysis of selected cases of art theft and the analysis of interviews with experts in the field of offenses against artworks done in German and English speaking areas, the author offers an in-depth insight into the unknown world of organized crime groups, identifies major problems in investigating art-related crime, and as a result, forms an opinion about the perpetrators, their motive, the locations, where the pictures are stolen and the modus, in which they are sold to the new buyer, or the art owners are being held to ransom. In doing so, the author seeks to answer two key questions, first, whether the perpetrators of art related crimes are amateurs and connoisseurs of art, and second, whether art thefts have been carried out for a known client.