A lawyer's commentary on cultural property law and its impact on cultural property crime, antiquities trafficking, looted archaeology, illicit trade, art theft, heritage preservation, and museum risk management.
A lawyer's commentary on cultural property law and its impact on cultural property crime, antiquities trafficking, looted archaeology, illicit trade, art theft, heritage preservation, and museum risk management.
Terraces at Choquequirao, PeruPhoto by Harley Calvert. CC As the January 3 deadline approaches for submitting comments to CPAC (the Cultural Property Advisory Committee) regarding Peru’s renewal request for import protections,…
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Brogan MuseumSource: Ebaye Just a little over a month after authorities seized the Cristo Portacroce from the Brogan Museum in Florida (see here), directors announced that they will close the…
Baltimore Division courthouse.Source: US District Court of Maryland Lawyers for Barry Landau have filed a motion to suppress the evidence the government obtained from a search of Landau’s home. Landau is…
INTERPOL (the International Criminal Police Organization) has issued an alert to specialist dealers and coin collectors. The agency seeks to recover gold coins and plates discovered off the coast of…
While Peru currently pursues its request for an extension of American cultural property import protections under the Cultural Property Implementation Act (see this post for background), PRI’s The World and the BBC…