Thai Cultural Property Case Edges Closer to Settlement
Lintels 1 and 2 from the Asian Art Museum.Photo: US Attorney Northern District of California. Lintels allegedly taken unlawfully from Thailand and given to the Asian Art Museum in California…
antiquities trafficking | Burma | Cambodia | China | Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) | Internal Revenue Service (IRS) | LACMA | museums | National Park Service | prosecutions | smuggling | Thailand
Museum Raids Cases: Rare Antiquities. Rare Convictions for Gallery Owners. Rare Prison Sentence.
In the annals of cultural property law, prosecutions targeting transnational antiquities trafficking networks are rare. Even more rare are felony convictions. Scarcer still are prison sentences. So what happened this…
Cambodia | Cultural Property Implementation Act (CPIA) | LACMA | prosecutions | smuggling | Thailand
The Museum Raids Cases Revisited: Recalling the Southeast Asian Artifacts Seized and the Dealers Indicted
The recent repatriations of Cambodian cultural objects by Sotheby’s, Christie’s, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Norton Simon Museum have once again drawn public attention to at-risk Cambodian heritage. It has also…
antiquities trafficking | Cambodia | forfeiture actions | museums | Sotheby's | Thailand | U.S. v. Cambodian Sandstone Sculpture
New Allegations Raised in Sotheby’s Forfeiture Case: Cambodian Statue Stolen in 1972 – Trafficked through Thailand with Head Removed – Scientist Fired [UPDATED]
Federal prosecutors on Friday filed a motion to amend their forfeiture complaint in the case of United States of America v. A 10th Century Cambodian Sandstone Sculpture, Currently Located at…