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.
As arguments heat up in the civil forfeiture case of United States of America v. A 10th Century Cambodian Sandstone Sculpture Currently Located at Sotheby’s, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Treasury…
News stories from 1998 once chronicled the acquisition of looted archaeological material by Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts (MFA). And the Boston Globe critically reported in 2006 that the MFA “has long contended it…
A letter filed by prosecutors before today’s scheduled pre-trial conference in the case of United States of America v. A 10th Century Cambodian Sandstone Sculpture Currently Located at Sotheby’s criticizes…
Roman oinochoe. Courtesy of ICE. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) this week sent back evidence of cultural heritage trafficking to Afghanistan without making any arrests. The items returned include an…
“The Role of the Carabinieri in Combating Art Theft in Italy” is the title of this week’s lecture at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Colonel Luigi Cortellessa of the Carabinieri…
Currency plate repatriation ceremony. Source: ICE U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) today returned the Hojo currency plate seized as evidence in the criminal prosecutions against Wong Young Youn and…