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.
Cultural property attorneys should inform their dealer and collector clients that due diligence and a transparent marketplace are necessary to steer clear of contraband heritage that is offered for sale….
Calling Eric Prokopi “a unique and important cooperating witness in the annals of national resource crime,” federal prosecutors urged leniency for the accused dinosaur smuggler who pleaded guilty in 2012…
Eric Prokopi pleaded guilty on Thursday in a case involving the smuggling of dinosaur fossils. In a press release, Preet Bharara, the U.S. States Attorney for the Southern District of New…
Dinosaur seized by ICE. Source: ICE. Judge P. Kevin Castel yesterday denied Eric Prokopi’s motion to dismiss in the case of United States v. One Tyrannosaurus Bataar Skeleton. Prokopi’s lawyers…
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) today arrested Eric Prokopi at his Gainesville, Florida home, where authorities also searched his house. Prokopi is a self-described “commercial paleontologist”…