June 12, 2025

Crime Pays in Versailles: Bill Pallot’s Fake-Chair Scandal and Its Broader Lessons

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From the opulence of Louis XIV to the refined lines of the Directoire style, ARCA rarely turns its lens on the scandals of the antique furni...
June 2, 2025

Where Art Meets Intelligence: New OSINT Puzzles Explore the Underworld of Art Crime

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The Association for Research into Crimes against Art (ARCA) is pleased to announce a new collaboration with Bellingcat as part of their res...
May 25, 2025

A Slap on the Amphora: After 17 years of court filings, only mild sentences in Greece’s landmark antiquities trafficking case

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The private peninsula on the the Island of Schinoussa, currently owned by the Papadimitriou family. A long time ago, on an island not so far...
May 14, 2025

The Bongoking and the brushstroke: How a drug lord’s alleged art deal links a crime syndicate to a stolen masterpiece

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In the tangled web of organised crime, illicit art dealings can sometimes serve as both currency and collateral.  The ongoing trial of ...
May 9, 2025

London Gallerist Linked to Sanctioned Hezbollah Financier Pleads Guilty

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Art advisor and gallerist  Oghenochuko " Ochuko"  Ojiri  pleaded guilty today in Westminster Magistrates' Court to eight count...
April 25, 2025

A landmark win in the fight for restitution: Egon Schiele’s Russian War Prisoner ordered returned to Grünbaum heirs

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In a resounding decision that reverberates across the international art world, the Supreme Court of New York County ruled on Wednesday (23 A...
April 24, 2025

Breakthroughs in the Drents Museum heist as the number of suspects increase to seven

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Dutch authorities continue to advance their inquiry into the high-profile burglary and theft that occurred on 25 January 2025 at the Drents ...
April 22, 2025

Israeli Antiquities Authority seizes antiquities and airsoft weapons in Dimona residence raid

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In a coordinated operation on Monday, the Dimona Police and the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) uncovered a significant cache of antiquit...
April 19, 2025

The Ansermet Affair: Untangling a Swiss Dealer’s Role in the Global Antiquities Trade

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As mentioned in our blog post yesterday, on 11 April 2025, the UK's High Court ruled in favour of Sheikh Hamad Bin Abdullah Al-Thani aga...
April 18, 2025

Final Judgment in Qatar Investment and Projects Development Holding Company & Anor v. Phoenix Ancient Art SA & Ors: A Legal Milestone in Art Market Accountability

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I. Introduction This blog report outlines the legal proceedings and final judgment in the case of   Qatar Investment and Projects Developmen...