By Laura Bergan, vice president of sales and marketingof American Collectors Insurance

If you believe Hollywood's depiction of a typical heist, you'dthink that only cars and cash are the targets for thieves lookingto strike it rich. Not so. The files of the Federal Bureau ofInvestigation are filled with cases of stolen art collections,militaria, and even moon rocks.

In March 2012, the FBI filed charges against a Manhattan manwhom allegedly conspired and stole historical documents fromseveral museums in Pennsylvania, New York and Connecticut and thensold the documents for profit. He's not the only thief at work,either. According to the FBI, burglary is a huge problem that costvictims an estimated $4.6 billion in lost property in 2010.

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