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.
Yesterday’s order of forfeiture in the case of United States v. One Attic Red-Figure Skyphos and One Apulian Red-Figure Bell Krater (2014-cv-00448 NDNY) provides another example of why dealers and collectors…
“Archeological, historic pieces” from Japan is how the import paperwork described a Tyrannosaurus Bataar skull that illegally entered the United States. But the dinosaur head should have been classified as…
One of the Tyrannosaurus Bataar skulls seized by ICE. After news broke of the forfeiture case of United States v. One Tyrannosaurus Bataar Skeleton, a Bataar skull of Mongolian origin and in the possession…
The importance of Wednesday’s guilty plea by Aaron Freedman in the Kapoor heritage trafficking case must not be overlooked. Freedman, the manager of Subhash Kapoor’s Art of the Past gallery…
Last week in San Diego, California, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) seized nine national and royal seals originating from the Korean Empire and the Joseon Dynasty….
An antiquities gallery and its manager/director were charged by federal prosecutors last week for obstructing justice. Lorin & Son, LLC and Francois Lorin were both charged with obstruction of proceedings…