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.
Prosecutors in Brooklyn last week entered into a deferred prosecution agreement with defendant Joseph Lewis, II, completing the alleged antiquities trafficking case of United States v. Khouli et al. One co-defendant’s sentence…
On May 7, the Lawyers’ Committee for Cultural Heritage Preservation (LCCHP) will be hosting Egypt: A Night at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Egypt has recently…
A February 1, 2011 post on this blog spoke about the conflicting reports out of Egypt regarding looting at Abusir. The government reported that the area was safe, while other…
“In general, defendants’ motion for a bill of particulars is denied ….” That was the order of Chief Magistrate Steven M. Gold in the alleged antiquities trafficking cases of Joseph…
Federal courthouse in Brooklyn, NY.Photo by Jim Henderson. CC The latest pleading filed by Salem Alshdaifat’s attorney in the case of US v. Khouli et al. asks for a change of venue. The defense…
One day after the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri denied the government’s latest effort to forfeit the Ka Nefer Nefer mummy mask held at the St….