Khouli +3 Update: Salem Alshdaifat’s Coin Inventory Returned
Salem Alshdaifat’s attorney sent two letters on August 17, 2011 to complain that coins seized from his client were not properly cared for by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and to…
Ayman Ramadan and Nafertiti Eastern Sculptures Trading
Readers will recall that the US Justice Department issued a press release in July 2011 announcing the unsealing of a multiple count indictment charging four men charged with antiquities smuggling…
Commentary on SLAM Mummy Mask Case – Proceeds Contraband and Statute of Limitations
The current civil litigation surrounding whether the Ka-Nefer-Nefer mummy mask is contraband is worth following given the current legal arguments in play. The mask, located at the St. Louis Art…
SLAM Disputes Government’s “Contraband” Claim in Ka-Nefer-Nefer Mummy Mask Case
In the latest round of legal papers filed in the case of United States v. Mask of Ka-Nefer-Nefer, the St. Louis Art Museum (SLAM) says that its possession of the…
Prosecutors Reveal Further Details in Khouli Case: Allege One Half Million Dollars Paid Abroad, Smuggled Antiquities Found in Garage, Ancient Artifacts Labeled 19th Century “English Glass Bottles”
The US Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of New York, brought an in rem action (Latin for “against the thing”) on June 14, 2011 to forfeit cultural property seized from Mousa…
Seized Cultural Property Identified in Khouli + 3 Case
A specific description of objects and papers in the possession of federal authorities is now available in the criminal case involving Mousa “Morris” Khouli, Joseph A. Lewis II, Salem Alshdaifat,…