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.
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U.S. Mission to the U.N. Source: Elmschrat CC The United States has supported a Greek-sponsored UN resolution (A/RES/67/80) titled “Return or restitution of cultural property to the countries of origin.” The resolution…
Last week a federal district court sentenced Marcus Patmon, 38, to 23 months in prison after he pled guilty to mail fraud, attempted wire fraud, and the interstate transport of…
Defendant mosaic seized by the FBI that prosecutors say measures18 ft. x 8 ft. and weighs approximately one ton. In a recently filed civil forfeiture case involving cultural property, prosecutors…
Thieves nabbed seven paintings from the Kunsthal Museum in Rotterdam, The Netherlands sometime during the night of October 15/16, 2012. Dutch police, in a press release, are asking the following:…
A federal grand jury in the southern district of Florida (Miami) handed up indictments on Tuesday against a pair with alleged ties to the stolen Henri Matisse painting, Odalisque in…
United States Customs and Border Protection today issued the final administrative rule covering import restrictions covering archaeological and ethnological material from Greece. The rule follows the July 17, 2011 adoption…