Editing Looting (section)

==Looting of industry==
As part of [[World War II reparations]], Soviet forces systematically plundered the [[Soviet occupation zone]] of Germany, including the [[Recovered Territories]], which later transferred to Poland. The Soviets sent valuable industrial equipment, infrastructure and whole factories to the Soviet Union.<ref name="IPN-MM">{{cite web|url=http://www.ipn.gov.pl/biuletyn/13/biuletyn02_2.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050321165047/http://www.ipn.gov.pl/biuletyn/13/biuletyn02_2.html |title=Między Modernizacja a Marnotrawstwem |archive-date=2005-03-21 |publisher=[[Institute of National Remembrance]] |language=pl}} See also [http://www.niniwa2.cba.pl/komunizm_gospodarka_prl_ipn.htm other copy online] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070426011453/http://www.niniwa2.cba.pl/komunizm_gospodarka_prl_ipn.htm |date=2007-04-26 }}</ref><ref name="IPN-Ś">{{cite web|url=http://www.ipn.gov.pl/biuletyn/4/biuletyn4_51.html|title=Armia Czerwona na Dolnym Śląski |publisher=[[Institute of National Remembrance]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050321233124/http://www.ipn.gov.pl/biuletyn/4/biuletyn4_51.html|archive-date=2005-03-21|language=pl}}</ref>

Many factories in the [[belligerents in the Syrian Civil War|rebels]]' zone of [[Aleppo]] during the [[Syrian Civil War]] were reported as being plundered and their assets transferred abroad.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Turkey looted Syria factory: Damascus – World News|url=https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkey-looted-syria-factory-damascus-38824|access-date=2020-07-10|website=Hürriyet Daily News|date=10 January 2013 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last1=Webel|first1=Charles|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IiIlDwAAQBAJ&q=looted+syria+industry+aleppo+factory&pg=PA75|title=Assessing the War on Terror: Western and Middle Eastern Perspectives|last2=Tomass|first2=Mark|date=2017|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1315469164|language=en}}</ref>  Agricultural products and electronic power plants were also seized, to be sold elsewhere.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Aljaleel|first1=Alaa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T2GHDwAAQBAJ&q=stealing+of+copper+wire+aleppo&pg=PT112|title=The Last Sanctuary in Aleppo: A remarkable true story of courage, hope and survival|last2=Darke|first2=Diana|date=2019|publisher=Headline|isbn=978-1472260550|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Badcock|first=James|date=2019-01-14|title=Turkey accused of plundering olive oil from Syria to sell in the EU|language=en-GB|work=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/01/14/turkey-accused-plundering-olive-oil-syria-sell-eu/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/01/14/turkey-accused-plundering-olive-oil-syria-sell-eu/ |archive-date=2022-01-12 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=2020-07-13|issn=0307-1235}}{{cbignore}}</ref>