Gordon Ivory Smuggling Prosecution on Trial Track
U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch |
U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch |
“Archeological, historic pieces” from Japan is how the import paperwork described a Tyrannosaurus Bataar skull that illegally entered the United States. But the dinosaur head should have been classified as…
New York antiquities dealer Nancy Wiener has been charged with three felony counts by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office. A pre-arraignment deposition was given today, and bail was set at…
ICE and CBP return an illegallyimported artifact to Guatemala.Courtesy ICE. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) held a press conference on February 24 to publicly display…
Source: US District Court, Eastern District of New York The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York has scheduled an important hearing in the alleged antiquities trafficking…
A multiple count indictment publicly released last week implicates Mousa “Morris” Khouli and three others (Joseph A. Lewis, II, Salem Alshdaifat, and Ayman Ramadan) in an antiquities smuggling ring. Khouli…
Barry Landau yesterday pleaded guilty to conspiracy and theft charges related to stealing historical documents from several institutions along the east coast. In December 2011, Landau’s attorney filed a motion…