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[VIDEO] A First: Police Make Antiquities Trafficking Arrests in Terrorist Financing Case

Police have arrested two men in Barcelona, Spain for their alleged role in financing ISIS terrorism by acquiring and selling blood antiquities. Georgi Kantchev of The Wall Street Journal reported…

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How to Secure an Archaeological Site: ASIS Releases New Case Study on Clunia

Click on the pic above and read the ASIS CRISP Report. Protecting heritage during times of war is a topic that receives significant attention. Just read about last October’s Preserving Cultural…

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Rubin v. Iran: Supreme Court Says Persepolis Collection Will Stay at the Oriental Institute

The University of Chicago no longer is in danger of losing ancient Iranian artifacts following Wednesday’s United States Supreme Court decision in the case of Jenny Rubin, et al. v….

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Can Canines Sniff Out Smuggled Artifacts? Working Dogs Join Fight to Save Cultural Heritage

Red Arch Cultural Heritage Law & Policy Research and the University of Pennsylvania’s Penn Vet Working Dog Center, in collaboration with the Penn Museum (University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology…

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Supreme Court Hears Rubin v. Iran. Feds Say Taking Cultural Property A “Big Deal.” Petitioners Want Justice, Arguing “It’s Not About Antiquities.”

Can American victims of terrorism seize and sell ancient Persian antiquities located at the University of Chicago to satisfy a court judgment against Iran? That’s the question the United States…