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 forfeited Cristo Portacroce.Courtesy ICE The United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida has ordered the forfeiture of the painting, the Cristo Portacroce Trascinato Da Un Manigoldo….
Tamucumira Mask.One of the Bolivian objects subject toCPIA import regulations.Photo courtesy US State Dept. The US government has extended import protections over archaeological and ethnological objects from Bolivia. The two…
United States Customs and Border Protection today issued the final administrative rule covering import restrictions covering archaeological and ethnological material from Greece. The rule follows the July 17, 2011 adoption…
Federal courthouse in Brooklyn, NY.Photo by Jim Henderson. CC The latest pleading filed by Salem Alshdaifat’s attorney in the case of US v. Khouli et al. asks for a change of venue. The defense…
Portrait of Girolamo Romano,painter of the disputed artwork known asCristo Portacroce Trascinato Da Un Mangoldo. In support of the warrant seizing Christ Carrying the Cross Dragged by a Rogue…
“The Brera,”which once possessed the Romano paintingseized by ICE in Florida on November 4, 2011.Author: Masi27185. Creative Commons License Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) seized the…