MoU Extended With Bolivia – US Customs Issues Final Rule
Tamucumira Mask. One of the Bolivian objects subject to CPIA import regulations. Photo courtesy US State Dept. |
Tamucumira Mask. One of the Bolivian objects subject to CPIA import regulations. Photo courtesy US State Dept. |
The forfeited Cristo Portacroce.Courtesy ICE The United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida has ordered the forfeiture of the painting, the Cristo Portacroce Trascinato Da Un Manigoldo….
U.S. District Court in Tucson, AZ. A man has been arrested in Arizona for allegedly trying to sell dinosaur fossils imported from China to undercover federal agents. Jun Yang, a…
Public comments have now been submitted to the Cultural Property Advisory Committee (CPAC) regarding Mali’s request for a renewal of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the United States. The…
ICE returned smuggled antiquities to Afghanistanduring a photo-op held in Washington, DC in 2013.No prosecutions resulted from the case. Newly obtained documents released by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) reveal…
The US Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of New York, brought an in rem action (Latin for “against the thing”) on June 14, 2011 to forfeit cultural property seized from Mousa…
Readers will recall that the US Justice Department issued a press release in July 2011 announcing the unsealing of a multiple count indictment charging four men charged with antiquities smuggling…