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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It stands to reason that the declared export price of goods should match the declared import price of the same goods. So questions certainly arise when customs values reported by an…
Why did the declared value of U.S. general imports of antiques over 100 years old from Syria climb 133% between 2012 and 2013, from approximately $4.7 million to $11 million?Why…
Antiquities traffickers make their money by selling artifacts bulldozed from archaeological sites, sawed from ancient tombs, and chiseled from revered temples. Fences often convert these legacies of civilization into cash…
Ancient artifact collectors share a passion for history, culture, and aesthetics. The best collectors embrace their role as stewards of heritage by dutifully caring for cultural material through conservation, storage, display,…
Mark Vlasic, former head of the Stolen Asset Recovery Initiative, noted in Thursday’s Huffington Post blog post titled “An Allied Effort to Save History” that after the post-9/11 crackdowns on terrorist financing, law enforcement has…
U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman Federal prosecutors have seized and petitioned to forfeit 14 crates of art allegedly used to launder money. In the case of U.S. v. Various Pieces of…