Thai Cultural Property Case Edges Closer to Settlement
Lintels 1 and 2 from the Asian Art Museum.Photo: US Attorney Northern District of California. Lintels allegedly taken unlawfully from Thailand and given to the Asian Art Museum in California…
forfeiture actions | fossils | Homeland Security | Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) | Lacey Act | Mongolia
Court Dismisses Dinosaur Forfeiture Case
Missed statute of limitations deadline prompts government to lose cultural property forfeiture case filed in Texas. The fossilized Tyrannosaurus bataar skull. A missed deadline has caused federal prosecutors to lose…
Expanded Counter Terrorism Network Could Help Antiquities Trafficking Prosecutions
Prosecutors’ Counter Terrorism Network could leverage criminal cases against cultural heritage traffickers. A new project launched this week by the International Association of Prosecutors (IAP) aims to build better connections…
Ancient Coin Collectors Guild (ACCG) | ancient coins | Baltimore coin case | China | Cultural Property Implementation Act (CPIA) | Cyprus | forfeiture actions | UNESCO Convention (1970)
Baltimore Test Case: Fourth Circuit Rejects Ancient Coin Collectors’ Claims
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has issued a unanimous decision rejecting the Ancient Coin Collectors Guild’s (ACCG) effort to strike down U.S. import…
Preemptive Rulings Sought in Moon Dust and Bronze Horse Cases
Note reportedly written by Neil Armstrong.Source: court papers filed in Cicco v. NASA “To Laura Ann Murray – Best of Luck – Neil Armstrong Apollo 11.” This message accompanied a vial…
forfeiture actions | Greece | Syria | Turkey
Importer Restored Ancient Mosaic. FBI Seized It. Now U.S. Attorney Seeks Forfeiture.
Defendant mosaic seized by the FBI that prosecutors say measures18 ft. x 8 ft. and weighs approximately one ton. In a recently filed civil forfeiture case involving cultural property, prosecutors…