VOA Visits Cambodian Statue’s Original Location

ByRick St. Hilaire April 8, 2012May 2, 2023

As readers are aware, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York is seeking to forfeit an ancient Cambodian statute located at Sotheby’s in Manhattan. Daniel Schearf of VOA went to the statue’s original location in Koh Ker.

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Cambodia | museums | repatriation

Statues From New York’s Met Museum Repatriated to Cambodia

ByRick St. Hilaire June 12, 2013April 27, 2023

Video source: AFP This post is researched, written, and published on the blog Cultural Heritage Lawyer Rick St. Hilaire at culturalheritagelawyer.blogspot.com. Text copyrighted 2010-2013 by Ricardo A. St. Hilaire, Attorney…

forfeiture actions | National Stolen Property Act (NSPA) | Sotheby's | U.S. v. Cambodian Sandstone Sculpture

Cambodian Statue Forfeiture Case Moves Forward – Sotheby’s Motion to Dismiss is Denied

ByRick St. Hilaire March 29, 2013April 27, 2023

The federal district court for the southern district of New York today allowed federal prosecutors to amend their forfeiture complaint in the case of United States of America v. A…

Cambodia | forfeiture actions | Sotheby's | U.S. v. Cambodian Sandstone Sculpture

“The Government Now Relies on the Inherent Right of Kings,” Says Sotheby’s in Cambodian Statue Forfeiture Case

ByRick St. Hilaire December 5, 2012April 27, 2023

In a pointed and efficient twenty page legal memorandum filed Monday, lawyers for the claimants in United States of America v. A 10th Century Cambodian Sandstone Sculpture, Currently Located at…

Museum Raids Cases: Rare Antiquities. Rare Convictions for Gallery Owners. Rare Prison Sentence.

ByRick St. Hilaire December 17, 2015April 26, 2023

In the annals of cultural property law, prosecutions targeting transnational antiquities trafficking networks are rare. Even more rare are felony convictions. Scarcer still are prison sentences. So what happened this…

Cambodia | Cultural Property Advisory Committee (CPAC) | Cultural Property Implementation Act (CPIA) | import protections

U.S. Import Protections Extended on Cambodian Heritage

ByRick St. Hilaire September 14, 2013April 27, 2023

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…

Cambodia | forfeiture actions | Sotheby's | U.S. v. Cambodian Sandstone Sculpture

Federal Attorneys File Motion in Support of Cambodian Statue’s Forfeiture from Sotheby’s, Arguing the “Signs of Theft Should Have Been Obvious”

ByRick St. Hilaire August 21, 2012May 2, 2023

“In this case, the signs of the Statue’s theft should have been obvious to a major international art dealer like Sotheby’s.” That is what the United States Attorneys Office, Southern…

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