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“Smuggling Protected Cultural Property is Not ‘Commercial Trade,'” Say Federal Attorneys in Peruvian Artifacts Forfeiture Case

ByRick St. Hilaire

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida last week filed its Response to the Claimant’s Motion to Dismiss in the case involving forfeiture of Peruvian artifacts…

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A Big Deal? CPIA Embargo Argument Raised in U.S. v. Peruvian Artifacts

ByRick St. Hilaire

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) detained what it calls “ancient indigenous artifacts” from Peru when Jean Combe Fritz, a Peruvian citizen, arrived at Miami International Airport in August 2010….

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Do CPIA Import Restrictions Constitute an Embargo?

ByRick St. Hilaire

Do import restrictions derived from the Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act (CPIA) constitute an embargo? That is a question that has resurfaced after reading Erik Smithweiss, “A Race To…