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.
Federal prosecutors in Miami on Friday filed a complaint to forfeit ancient artifacts from Peru. The office of U.S. Attorney Wifredo Ferrer (right) alleges that Peruvian citizen Jean Combe Fritz transported…
A federal grand jury on Wedesday charged four defendants–Javier Abanto-Sarmiento and Alfredo Abanto-Sarmiento of Trujillo, Peru and Cesar Guarderas and Rosa Isabel Guarderas of West Valley City, Utah–with one count…
ICE: Artifact returned to Peru on July 12. United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) reported no arrests or indictments during a repatriation ceremony yesterday that returned stolen and smuggled…
Gold figurine from Peru.Source: U.S. State Department The Federal Register today published a notice by the Department of Homeland Security extending import restrictions on archaeological and ethnological materials from Peru….
The case of Republic of Peru v. Kingdom of Spain et al. (11A795)–related to Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. v. Kingdom of Spain, et al.–saw a last minute emergency appeal quashed…
Kourion, Cyprus. Mosaic from the house of Eustolios.Source: Lapost. CC. Comments have been submitted to the Cultural Property Advisory Committee (CPAC) regarding an extension of the cultural property Memoranda of Understanding…