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Egyptian Coffins Successfully Detected and Recovered by Customs in Texas – Question of Proper Seizure Authority Remains – Updated August 10, 2012

ByRick St. Hilaire

Homeland Security’s U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency today announced the seizure of “two priceless Egyptian sarcophagi-type artifacts.”  A CBP officer at the World Trade Bridge on the border…

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Unveiling the Import and Export of Trafficked Heritage: The Kapoor/Art of the Past Case Examined

ByRick St. Hilaire

Source: Tamil Nadu Police International antiquities trafficking networks will utilize legitimate and illegitimate shipping methods to advance cultural heritage crimes. That is why a consideration of the solutions to combat…

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U.S. Investigators Retrieve Cultural Objects from Kapoor’s Rented Storage in New York – What Might Happen Next?

ByRick St. Hilaire

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…

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No Arrests Announced as ICE Officials Seize and Send Cultural Objects to Peru

ByRick St. Hilaire

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…

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Sotheby’s Asks Federal Court to Dismiss Forfeiture Case Against Cambodian Statue

ByRick St. Hilaire

Sotheby’s auction house and Ruspoli di Poggio Suasa yesterday filed a motion to dismiss the forfeiture case against a Khmer statue. U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara brought the seizure and forfeiture…

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Homeland Security’s Seize and Send Policy on Display at Repatriation Ceremony

ByRick St. Hilaire

Artifact returned to Italy by ICE.Courtesy ICE Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) this week announced successful efforts to combat crime in the United States.  In the last few days, ICE’s Homeland…