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.
Congressman Steve Chabot The U.S. House of Representatives by voice vote yesterday passed the Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunity Clarification Act (FCEJICA). The legislation seeks to protect foreign artwork on…
The forfeited Cristo Portacroce.Courtesy ICE The United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida has ordered the forfeiture of the painting, the Cristo Portacroce Trascinato Da Un Manigoldo….
Portrait of Girolamo Romano,painter of the disputed artwork known asCristo Portacroce Trascinato Da Un Mangoldo. In support of the warrant seizing Christ Carrying the Cross Dragged by a Rogue…
“The Brera,”which once possessed the Romano paintingseized by ICE in Florida on November 4, 2011.Author: Masi27185. Creative Commons License Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) seized the…
ICE seizes Romano painting said to be stolen by the Nazis. Photo courtesy of ICE Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials in Tallahassee, Florida yesterday served a seizure warrant on “Christ Carrying the…
According to a story published in The New York Times on October 11, 2011, the US Attorney for the Northern District of Florida requested that the Mary Brogan Museum of…