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.
Source: US District Court, Eastern District of New York The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York has scheduled an important hearing in the alleged antiquities trafficking…
Ivory seized by federal authorities. Photo USFWS. Federal prosecutors in the eastern district of New York last week secured a conviction in the case of United States v. Victor Gordon….
September is a busy month for cultural property law cases. More activity is expected in the case of United States v. Mask of Ka Nefer Nefer soon, a case that…
A federal grand jury in the southern district of Florida (Miami) handed up indictments on Tuesday against a pair with alleged ties to the stolen Henri Matisse painting, Odalisque in…
Source: ICE American authorities participating in the Subhash Kapoor investigation today seized cultural and religious artifacts from a storage facility in Manhattan, according to the New York Post. The newspaper…
Assistant United States Attorneys Karin Orenstein and Claire Kedeshian have filed an 87 page objection in response to motions filed on April 30, 2012 by Joseph Lewis, II and Salem…