ICOM Red List for Syria Now Available
The International Council of Museums’ Red List covering Syrian cultural objects at risk is now available. Click on the picture below to view the document. Learn more about the impact…
New Wildlife Trafficking Initiative Should Be a Model for an Antiquities Trafficking Initiative
Earlier this month the White House announced the creation of the Advisory Council to the Presidential Task Force on Wildlife Trafficking. It hopes to develop a national strategy for combating…
antiquities trafficking | Egypt | International Council of Museums (ICOM) | looted antiquities | museums | SAFE | UNESCO
Responses to the Destruction of Heritage in Egypt
Lives and livelihoods are in jeopardy in Egypt, which must be safeguarded. Those involved with heritage preservation, meanwhile, must do what they are able in order to protect history and…
Using MLATs in State Court Cultural Property Prosecutions
Many more receiving stolen property cases are handled in state courts rather than federal courts. Whether the cases involve illegally possessed, transported, or sold jewelry, cars, computers, or other stolen…
Afghanistan | antiquities trafficking | Cultural Property Implementation Act (CPIA) | forfeiture actions | looted antiquities | receiving stolen property statutes | statutes | UNESCO Convention (1970)
Afghanistan’s Looted History and U.S. Law
National Geographic’s “Who’s Stealing Afghanistan’s Cultural Treasures?” (August 1, 2013) offers valuable first-hand information about the looting and smuggling of Afghanistan’s archaeological treasures. So what could happen legally if stolen…
antiquities trafficking | Lebanon | provenance | smuggling | Syria | War
Roman, Byzantine and Other Conflict Antiquities from Syria
Antiquities from several Syrian cultural eras continue to appear on the art market. Since the last blog post describing this problem, Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International produced the above May 17,…