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.
Dr. Arnold Peter Weiss, originally charged with a felony, pleaded guilty today in a New York state court to misdemeanor counts of attempted criminal possession of stolen property in the…
Image courtesy of officeclipart.com. Attorneys for both Sotheby’s and the United States have signed a stipulation dated June 29 to keep designated information confidential. Published on July 2 in the…
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….
U.S. District Court Judge Henry Edward Autrey yesterday denied the government’s motion to file a new complaint to forfeit the Ka Nefer Nefer mummy mask from the St. Louis Art Museum…
A federal prison in Maryland.Source: BOP Historical documents thief Barry Landau was sentenced today to prison. Landau pleaded guilty to his crime in February, admitting to stealing volumes of treasured…
Source: ICE Today the federal district court in the southern district of New York electronically published the federal government’s forfeiture complaint against a dinosaur skeleton. And an ancient coin dealers’…