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.
The Office of Foreign Assets Control has issued an Advisory calling for due diligence on the part of dealers, museums, and other high-end market participants to comply with U.S. sanctions…
A look at cases involving art, artifacts, and money laundering helps explain why art and antiquities dealers should be included in anti-money laundering laws. Money laundering transforms criminals’ ill-gotten gains…
The U.S. House of Representatives will consider a bill that adds art and antiquities dealers to the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA). Introduced last Friday by Representative Luke Messer (R-IN-6), H.R….
Banks, casinos, and high value asset sellers are subject to federal laws that flush out terrorist financiers and money launderers. So why aren’t art and antiquities sellers subject to the…
Transnational cultural heritage trafficking thrives on an opaque art and antiquities market. Attractive features of this marketplace include discretion surrounding business transactions, easy creation of shell corporations, the high probability…
Imports of Syrian goods into the United States have fallen dramatically since war broke out in the Mideast nation in 2011 and since the White House expanded the Syria Sanctions Program. Yet,…