The Monuments Men: Movie and Conference
“The Monuments Men” movie, based on Robert Edsel’s book, premiers December 18 (UPDATE: Now February 7, 2014). Watch the trailer below. Before viewing George Clooney, Matt Damon, and Cate Blanchett…
Homeland Security | India | New York | prosecutions | receiving stolen property statutes | state prosecutions | Subhash Kapoor
Federal-State Cooperation on Display in Heritage Trafficking Prosecution of Kapoor Relative
In July 2012, CHL wondered whether federal-state cooperation and the use of state criminal law–as opposed to federal criminal law–to prosecute international heritage trafficking may be taking shape in New…
Ancient Coin Collectors Guild (ACCG) | Cultural Property Implementation Act (CPIA) | Customs and Border Protection (CBP) | embargoes | forfeiture actions | Peru | U.S. v. 29 Peruvian Artifacts
“Smuggling Protected Cultural Property is Not ‘Commercial Trade,'” Say Federal Attorneys in Peruvian Artifacts Forfeiture Case
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida last week filed its Response to the Claimant’s Motion to Dismiss in the case involving forfeiture of Peruvian artifacts…
International Archaeology Day 2013
Archaeology is the scientific study of humanity’s past. It gives us access to information unavailable anywhere else and guides our civilization toward the future. International Archaeology Day is a time…
Ancient Coin Collectors Guild (ACCG) | Baltimore coin case | Cultural Property Implementation Act (CPIA)
Accusations, Embargoes, and More of the Same for Baltimore Coins Test Case
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…
ICOM Red List for Syria Now Available
The International Council of Museums’ Red List covering Syrian cultural objects at risk is now available. Click on the picture below to view the document. Learn more about the impact…