July 26, 2026

France’s Museum Security Crisis Deepens with the Theft of the Vix Torc

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  One of the most celebrated surviving masterpieces of Celtic goldwork discovered has been stolen from the Musée du Pays Châtillonnais, (For...
July 19, 2026

When Provenance Becomes Evidence of Risk: Reassessing the André Lagneau-Linked Antiquities

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Dr. Erin Thompson, a New York Professor recently wrote about this, now restituted Roman marble portrait bust of a bearded man which was sold...
July 18, 2026

From Theory to Practice – ARCA Postgraduate Programmes

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One of the highlights of ARCA's Postgraduate Certificate Programmes in Art Crime and Cultural Heritage Protection – Summer 2026 was undo...
July 10, 2026

Why Returned Does Not Always Mean Safe: The Jeffrey Ying Library Theft Case

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On 8 July 2026, Jeffrey Ying, a resident of Fremont, California, was sentenced in federal court after confessing to the theft of approximate...
July 8, 2026

Inside the Musée Lalique Burglary: Loaned Jewels, Security Gaps, and Unanswered Questions

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Following the early morning burglary at the  Musée Lalique  in Wingen-sur-Moder on Sunday, 5 July 2026, further attention is now turning not...
July 6, 2026

Musée Lalique Targeted in Early Morning Jewellery Burglary in France

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The Musée Lalique in Wingen-sur-Moder, Alsace, was targeted in an early morning burglary on Sunday, 5 July 2026, with thieves reportedly ste...
June 6, 2026

Three Convictions, One Motive: What the Dutch Drents Museum Judgments Reveal About the January 2025 Romanian Treasure Heist

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On 5 June 2026, the District Court (rechtbank) of Northern Netherlands handed down three separate judgments relating to the theft of some of...
May 18, 2026

From Nagapattinam to Leiden and Back: The Chola Plates and the Dutch Colonial Collections Committee’s Restitution Advice

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Image Credit from Leids Dagblad For more than 160 years, two extraordinary copper-plate charters from South India sat within the collections...
May 11, 2026

The Power of Disclosure: One Family Reckons with Its Wartime Past as Goudstikker's Portrait of a Young Girl by Dutch artist Toon Kelder is Relinquished

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Dutch crime journalist John van den Heuvel, long known in the Netherlands for his reporting on organised crime and high-profile criminal inv...

Inherited Silence: Another Nazi Looted Painting "Portrait of a Young Girl,” by Dutch artist Toon Kelder Found in Private Hands.

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Identified Goudstikker portrait and a photo of a volunteer of the Dutch SS taking an oath in the presence of an officer. In the background, ...