Grand Jury Hands Up Indictment in Matisse FBI Sting
A federal grand jury in the southern district of Florida (Miami) handed up indictments on Tuesday against a pair with alleged ties to the stolen Henri Matisse painting, Odalisque in…
Cultural Property Implementation Act (CPIA) | Customs and Border Protection (CBP) | Egypt | Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) | seizure
Egyptian Coffins Successfully Detected and Recovered by Customs in Texas – Question of Proper Seizure Authority Remains – Updated August 10, 2012
Homeland Security’s U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency today announced the seizure of “two priceless Egyptian sarcophagi-type artifacts.” A CBP officer at the World Trade Bridge on the border…
antiquities trafficking | Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) | India | seizure | Subhash Kapoor
Unveiling the Import and Export of Trafficked Heritage: The Kapoor/Art of the Past Case Examined
Source: Tamil Nadu Police International antiquities trafficking networks will utilize legitimate and illegitimate shipping methods to advance cultural heritage crimes. That is why a consideration of the solutions to combat…
Homeland Security Investigations Returns Artifacts to Nigeria – No Arrests or Indictments Announced
Nok statues repatriated to Nigeria. ICE U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcements (ICE) officials found themselves busy in New York today. ICE raided a Manhattan storage area linked to an alleged…
antiquities trafficking | Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) | prosecutions | seizure | Subhash Kapoor
U.S. Investigators Retrieve Cultural Objects from Kapoor’s Rented Storage in New York – What Might Happen Next?
Source: ICE American authorities participating in the Subhash Kapoor investigation today seized cultural and religious artifacts from a storage facility in Manhattan, according to the New York Post. The newspaper…
Objection Filed: Prosecution Outlines Factual Claims in U.S. v. Khouli et al.
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…