Watch Live: Monuments Men Awarded Congressional Gold Medal
The Monuments Men will be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal today. Watch it live beginning at 3 p.m. today by clicking on the video box below. UPDATE – The broadcast…
events | Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) | Lawyers' Committee for Cultural Heritage Preservation (LCCHP)
2016 National Cultural Heritage Law Moot Court Competition: Registration is Now Open!
The Lawyers’ Committee for Cultural Heritage Preservation and DePaul University College of Law once again will host the annual National Cultural Heritage Law Moot Court Competition. Registration is now open. Oral arguments…
China | cultural heritage law | fossils | Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) | Mongolia | prosecutions
Fossil Smuggler Sentenced
Microraptor fossil recovered by ICE. Fossil smuggling has been an area of law enforcement success for Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). The investigative arm of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) rarely…
events | Iraq | State Department | Syria | terrorism funding
Full Video: $5 Million Reward Announced at Conflict Antiquities Symposium Focused on ISIS Terror Funding
Evidence seized during a raid in May by U.S. Special Operations Forces on the compound of an ISIS leader shows that the terror organization engages in antiquities trafficking. The cultural objects recovered…
AAMD | Cultural Property Implementation Act (CPIA) | Customs and Border Protection (CBP) | import protections | Nicaragua | UNESCO Convention (1970)
State Department Extends Cultural Property MoU with Nicaragua Despite AAMD Opposition
Earlier this year the Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD) shifted its stance on bilateral agreements authorized by the Cultural Property Implementation Act (CPIA) when the group decisively opposed the renewal of U.S. import restrictions covering…
Afghanistan | antiquities trafficking | Customs and Border Protection (CBP) | forfeiture actions | Homeland Security | Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) | Iraq | Pakistan | prosecutions | terrorism funding
Antiquities Trafficking Investigation Reveals Suspected Ties to Terrorism and Money Laundering — “Seize and Send” Outcome Flags Need for Special Prosecutors
ICE returned smuggled antiquities to Afghanistanduring a photo-op held in Washington, DC in 2013.No prosecutions resulted from the case. Newly obtained documents released by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) reveal…