Looting

Reactions to “The Great Giveback”

Reactions to “The Great Giveback”

0 on February 6, 2013, 11:00 am / in archaeology law, Art Law, egypt, Elgin Marbles, Historic Preservation, Looting, Museums

Senior editor at the New York Review of Books, Hugh Eakin, recently published an opinion piece, “The Great Giveback,” in [...]

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Honduras to Enact Minimum Sentences for Cultural Heritage Crimes

Honduras to Enact Minimum Sentences for Cultural Heritage Crimes

0 on February 4, 2013, 9:00 am / in archaeology law, Art Law, Crime, Criminal prosecutions, cultural property law, Legislation, Looting, Trafficking

Those who are convicted of committing crimes against cultural heritage in Honduras will soon be facing a mandatory sentencing scheme. [...]

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An Update on Turkey’s Cultural War

An Update on Turkey’s Cultural War

0 on January 30, 2013, 9:00 am / in archaeology law, Art Authenticity, France, Looting, Museums, Recovery, Repatriation, Turkey

Turkey is currently seeking the return of thousands of antiquities which they believe are rightfully theirs. In this pursuit, Turkish [...]

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Problems Arise as The Getty Attempts to Verify Antiquities

Problems Arise as The Getty Attempts to Verify Antiquities

0 on January 29, 2013, 9:00 am / in Art Authenticity, Art Heists, Italy, Looting, Museums, Repatriation

In a recent effort to become more transparent, the Getty is currently attempting to verify the origins of the antiquities [...]

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Mali Conflict Puts Timbuktu in Danger

Mali Conflict Puts Timbuktu in Danger

0 on January 28, 2013, 9:00 am / in Africa, Armed Conflict, Historic Preservation, Looting, Mali, Preservation Initiatives, Sites in Danger

In light of the escalating violence in Mali, UNESCO has recently began to urge armed forces to protect Timbuktu’s historic [...]

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Head of Hades to be Returned to Sicily

Head of Hades to be Returned to Sicily

1 on January 15, 2013, 9:00 am / in archaeology law, Greece, Looting, Museums, Repatriation

The Getty museum has recently announced that it has decided to voluntarily return a terracotta head to the Museo Archeologico [...]

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1970 UNESCO Convention Combats Black Market in Antiquities

1970 UNESCO Convention Combats Black Market in Antiquities

3 on September 5, 2012, 9:00 am / in archaeology law, Auction Houses, cultural property law, Looting

Experts say that the 1970 UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer [...]

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Reports from Down Under on More of Kapoor’s Looted Indian Antiquities

Reports from Down Under on More of Kapoor’s Looted Indian Antiquities

0 on September 3, 2012, 9:00 am / in archaeology law, Australia / New Zealand, Criminal prosecutions, cultural property law, India, Looting, Museums

Subhash Kapoor, an Indian-born, New York-based art dealer has been making headlines since his detention in Indian on allegations of [...]

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More (Allegedly) Stolen Art at Sotheby’s

More (Allegedly) Stolen Art at Sotheby’s

0 on August 24, 2012, 9:00 am / in archaeology law, Art Heists, Art Law, Auction Houses, Cambodia, cultural property law, Looting, Patrimony Laws, Repatriation

There is yet another piece of allegedly stolen art gracing the pages of Sotheby’s 2011 catalog. Prosecutors have recently filed [...]

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(Another) Reputable New York Dealer Busted for Trading in Looted Antiquities… $20 million worth.

(Another) Reputable New York Dealer Busted for Trading in Looted Antiquities… $20 million worth.

2 on August 15, 2012, 6:00 am / in archaeology law, Art Law, Auction Houses, Criminal prosecutions, Looting, Museums

Artinfo reports: Two weeks ago, federal authorities broke open a Manhattan storage unit to discover $20 million worth of allegedly [...]

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