Gordon Ivory Smuggling Prosecution on Trial Track
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| U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch |
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| U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch |
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…
Assistant United States Attorneys Karin Orenstein and Claire Kedeshian have filed an 87 page objection in response to motions filed on April 30, 2012 by Joseph Lewis, II and Salem…
Egyptian coffin seized inUS v. Khouli et al.Courtesy ICE. Mousa “Morris” Khouli pleaded guilty yesterday to smuggling Egyptian cultural property into the United States and making a false statement to…
In the annals of cultural property law, prosecutions targeting transnational antiquities trafficking networks are rare. Even more rare are felony convictions. Scarcer still are prison sentences. So what happened this…
Transnational cultural heritage trafficking thrives on an opaque art and antiquities market. Attractive features of this marketplace include discretion surrounding business transactions, easy creation of shell corporations, the high probability…
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