Showing posts with label illicit cultural property. Show all posts
Showing posts with label illicit cultural property. Show all posts
February 8, 2024

Reclaimed Heritage: A Cambodian Buddha Goes Home

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Seized by Swiss authorities in the Canton of Basel 10 years ago, this 18th or19th century (Khmer empire) Buddha, seated in vajraparyankasana...
April 4, 2022

The sometimes slow and sometimes fast return of historical artefacts pillaged from Libya

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Cyrene, Northern Necropolis. The Sculptured Tomb/Cassels from Pacho 1827 Parallel with the start of the First Libyan Civil War, the Security...
March 21, 2021

Recovered: Greek authorities recover a 5th century BCE headless marble statue of a seated male

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Following a multi-month investigation, authorities with the Hellenic Police have recovered an extraordinary 5th century BCE statue  believed...
December 11, 2020

Restitution: Cybele, the Anatolia goddess of Phrygia, finally goes home

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Image Credit: Turkish Consulate General in New York After a four and a half year stalemate in an international custody battle between a coll...
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 13, 2019

Quando, Dove, Da Chi e a Quale Prezzo

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When, Where, From Who and At What Price... Demonstrating, once again, how important observation skills (and patience) are in followi...
October 18, 2018

ARCA's Postgraduate program in Art Crime and Cultural Heritage Protection is now accepting applications.

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Who studies art crime? ARCA's Postgraduate program in Art Crime and Cultural Heritage Protection is now accepting applications....
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 ...