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 federal district court in Manhattan yesterday heard arguments in the matter of United States Of America v. A 10th Century Cambodian Sandstone Sculpture, Currently Located at Sotheby’s In New…
Attorneys for Eric Prokopi on Friday filed a motion to dismiss in federal district court in the southern district of New York. The lawyers argue in the case of United…
Nok statues repatriated to Nigeria. ICE U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcements (ICE) officials found themselves busy in New York today. ICE raided a Manhattan storage area linked to an alleged…
HSI seizes the dinosaur bones. Today’s court conference in the matter of United States of America v. One Tyrannosaurus Bataar Skeleton (2012-cv-04760) was rescheduled to September 5 after federal prosecutors…
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…
Source: ICE Today the federal district court in the southern district of New York electronically published the federal government’s forfeiture complaint against a dinosaur skeleton. And an ancient coin dealers’…