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.
St. Louis Gateway ArchSource: Sue Ford, National Park Service Prosecutors in the case of United States v. Mask of Ka-Nefer-Nefer today filed a Reply in Support of Its Motion to…
Reopen the St. Louis Art Museum (SLAM) mummy mask case. That is what the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri is asking a federal district court judge to…
Egyptian coffin seized inUS v. Khouli et al.Courtesy ICE. Mousa “Morris” Khouli pleaded guilty yesterday to smuggling Egyptian cultural property into the United States and making a false statement to…
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in St. Louis filed a motion today in response to a federal district court’s ruling earlier this week dismissing the government’s forfeiture complaint against the Ka…
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri has denied the federal government’s claim to forfeit the Ka Nefer Nefer mummy mask located at the St. Louis Art Museum (SLAM). But…
The U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri, today published an order dismissing the government’s’ forfeiture complaint against the Ka Nefer Nefer mummy mask. The Egyptian artifact is located at…