Documentary – “Fighting Illicit Traffic of Cultural Heritage in South Eastern Europe”
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The American Bar Association Journal has published an interesting cover story about looted cultural treasures that is well worth reading. View the full article here. By Rick St. Hilaire Text…
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty today reports that Iraqi authorities seized ten ancient gold coins along with two paintings during a sting operation that broke up an antiquities smuggling ring. http://www.rferl.org/content/Iraq_Says_Antiquities_Ring_Busted/2053617.html…
American imports of art, collections and collectors’ pieces, and antiques from Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, and Turkey increased sharply between 2011 and 2013, prompting questions about whether trafficked heritage has piggybacked onto the mainstream marketplace.War,…
Yesterday’s order of forfeiture in the case of United States v. One Attic Red-Figure Skyphos and One Apulian Red-Figure Bell Krater (2014-cv-00448 NDNY) provides another example of why dealers and collectors…
United States Customs and Border Protection today issued the final administrative rule covering import restrictions covering archaeological and ethnological material from Greece. The rule follows the July 17, 2011 adoption…
Both the government and the Ancient Coin Collectors Guild (ACCG) have filed new court papers in the bitterly contested case of U.S. v. Three Knife-Shaped Coins, Twelve Chinese Coins, and…