VOA Visits Cambodian Statue’s Original Location

ByRick St. Hilaire April 8, 2012May 2, 2023

As readers are aware, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York is seeking to forfeit an ancient Cambodian statute located at Sotheby’s in Manhattan. Daniel Schearf of VOA went to the statue’s original location in Koh Ker.

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Cambodia | museums | repatriation

Statues From New York’s Met Museum Repatriated to Cambodia

ByRick St. Hilaire June 12, 2013April 27, 2023

Video source: AFP This post is researched, written, and published on the blog Cultural Heritage Lawyer Rick St. Hilaire at culturalheritagelawyer.blogspot.com. Text copyrighted 2010-2013 by Ricardo A. St. Hilaire, Attorney…

Cambodia | forfeiture actions | Sotheby's | U.S. v. Cambodian Sandstone Sculpture

Federal Attorneys File Motion in Support of Cambodian Statue’s Forfeiture from Sotheby’s, Arguing the “Signs of Theft Should Have Been Obvious”

ByRick St. Hilaire August 21, 2012May 2, 2023

“In this case, the signs of the Statue’s theft should have been obvious to a major international art dealer like Sotheby’s.” That is what the United States Attorneys Office, Southern…

Cambodia | Cultural Property Advisory Committee (CPAC) | Cultural Property Implementation Act (CPIA) | Honduras | memorandum of understanding (MoU)

CPAC to Meet on Cambodian MoU Renewal – Honduras Considered Too

ByRick St. Hilaire January 6, 2013April 27, 2023

Angkor Wat in Cambodia The Federal Register reports that the Cultural Property Advisory Committee (CPAC) will meet to consider renewing the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the United States and Cambodia….

Cambodia | forfeiture actions | Sotheby's | U.S. v. Cambodian Sandstone Sculpture

Federal Attorneys and Sotheby’s Agree to Keep Designated Information Confidential in U.S. v. A 10th Century Cambodian Sandstone Sculpture

ByRick St. Hilaire July 3, 2012May 2, 2023

Image courtesy of officeclipart.com. Attorneys for both Sotheby’s and the United States have signed a stipulation dated June 29 to keep designated information confidential. Published on July 2 in the…

Cambodia | forfeiture actions | Sotheby's | U.S. v. Cambodian Sandstone Sculpture

“Claimants Deny Knowledge,” Affirmative Defenses Raised in Sotheby’s Cambodian Sculpture Case

ByRick St. Hilaire May 8, 2013April 27, 2023

“Claimants deny knowledge or information sufficient to form a belief as to the truth of the allegations set forth in … the Verified Complaint.” That is the refrain found in…

Cambodia | forfeiture actions | Sotheby's | U.S. v. Cambodian Sandstone Sculpture

“Maintaining Plausible Deniability”: Prosecutors in Sotheby’s Duryodhana Case Charge Sotheby’s with Avoiding Mention of the Alleged Theft of the Cambodian Statue

ByRick St. Hilaire December 19, 2012April 27, 2023

Prosecutors rebuked Sotheby’s last Friday, accusing the New York auction house in a reply memorandum of failing to disclose information it knew about a Duryodhana statue offered for sale this…

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