Showing posts with label illicit art trade. Show all posts
Showing posts with label illicit art trade. Show all posts
September 4, 2022

A Worm(ser) in the IADAA apple barrel

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On March 30, 2016 in Paris, France UNESCO held a large multidisciplinary symposium examining the movement of cultural property in 2016.  The...
July 30, 2020

Restitution: Lot 448, Christie's

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Early last November we wrote a blog post asking Christie's about an interesting polychrome painted 5th century BCE antefix in the f...
July 7, 2020

Ashraf Omar Eldarir, A US Citizen, indicted for smuggling Egyptian antiquities

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The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (HSI) - Cultural Property, Arts and Antiquities (CPAA) unit within the U.S. Department o...
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June 12, 2019

A look at art crime through the eyes of some of ARCA's 2019 postgraduate participants

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By Alexander Taylor, ARCA 2019 Participant  Alexandra is a paintings conservator and a George Alexander Foundation Fellow which supports...
February 13, 2019

Looted artworks returned to Italy via voluntary forfeiture via Christie's auction house in London

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In a memorable act of rare collaboration, Italian officials have announced “the first case of such close co-operation between Italy and a...
October 10, 2018

Trial dates tentatively set for December 2018 for 19 "Operation Demetra" defendants

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Judges from the Tribunale del Riesame di Caltanissetta, the court of first instance with general jurisdiction in criminal matters withi...
August 8, 2018

Sicilian judges reject appeal made by William Veres

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Screenshot of William Veres from the documentary “The Hunt for Transylvanian Gold Judges from the Tribunale del Riesame di Caltanisset...
July 6, 2018

More details on Operation Demetra

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Image Credit:  Carabinieri TPC As has been noted to be the case in the past, Sicilian trafficking cases sometimes have organized crime ...
July 4, 2018

Operation Demetra: The Trafficking of Sicilian Archaeological Treasures

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Image Credit: Carabinieri TPC Updated 13:00 GMT+1 In a press conference held today, at 11:00 at the Public Prosecutor's Office...