Defendant Cooperates in Korean Currency Plate Case
The Hojo currency plate is said to be one of three currency plates in existence from the 1890’s. |
The Hojo currency plate is said to be one of three currency plates in existence from the 1890’s. |
Currency plate repatriation ceremony. Source: ICE U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) today returned the Hojo currency plate seized as evidence in the criminal prosecutions against Wong Young Youn and…
Roman oinochoe. Courtesy of ICE. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) this week sent back evidence of cultural heritage trafficking to Afghanistan without making any arrests. The items returned include an…
AUSA Molissa Farber “It’s not a case about coins that the Guild wants. This is a case about regulations that the Guild doesn’t want.” That’s how Assistant United States Attorney…
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals today sided with the United States in the Ancient Coin Collectors Guild (ACCG) Baltimore test case. We “have reviewed the Guild’s various claims…
In July 2012, CHL wondered whether federal-state cooperation and the use of state criminal law–as opposed to federal criminal law–to prosecute international heritage trafficking may be taking shape in New…
Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) petitioned for a warrant on July 12, 2011 to search Salem Alshdaifat’s home-based business and seize “antique coins and[/]or other antiquities or any other works of…