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.
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…
U.S. District Court in Tucson, AZ. A man has been arrested in Arizona for allegedly trying to sell dinosaur fossils imported from China to undercover federal agents. Jun Yang, a…
Carved rhinoceros horns sold at auction are now the subject of a federal forfeiture complaint. The U.S. Attorney’s office in New Jersey recently filed papers in federal district court claiming that the carved horn…
Plea negotiations continue in the case of United States v. Victor Gordon, according to a recent letter filed in court by Gordon’s attorney. The US District Court for the Eastern…