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illicit trade in antiquities
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illicit trade in antiquities
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March 26, 2019
Court dismisses Hicham Aboutaam complaint against Dow Jones & Company's for Benoit Faucon and Georgi Kantchev's Wall Street Journal article discussing the family's ancient art business
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In July 2017 antiquities dealer Hicham Aboutaam sued the Rupert Murdoch-owned Wall Street Journal’s corporate parent Dow Jones & Co...
October 24, 2018
Court of Palermo dismisses charges of mafia association against Gianfranco Becchina.
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Following a formal request by the Deputy Prosecutor for the District Anti-Mafia Directorate Carlo Marzella, preliminary reexaminatio...
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...
September 11, 2018
Restitution: An Attic Marble Anthemion from a Grave Stele returned to Greece
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On June 9, 2017 forensic archaeologist Dr. Christos Tsirogiannis, wrote to ARCA and to the Art and Antiques Unit of London's Metropo...
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 29, 2018
41 suspects now named in the antiquities blitz "Operation Demetra" carried out in Italy, Germany, Spain, and the UK
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As the transnational crime investigation Operation Demetra proceeds into the alleged trafficking of archaeological finds, Italian news ...
July 17, 2018
Quotes given by ancient art dealer William Veres outlining Balkan trafficking methods.
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Image Credit: Screenshot from documentary “The Hunt for Transylvanian Gold.” In 2008, following a ten-year investigation coordinated...
July 8, 2018
On the trail of looted antiquities, Carabinieri arrest another individual in Sicily.
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Image Credit: Carabinieri An ancient amphora and 25 terracotta fragments of ancient statues, some believed to date as far back as the...
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...
May 25, 2018
Countering Antiquities Trafficking (CAT) in the Mashreq
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From April 16 – 20, 2018 I had the pleasure to be one of a specialised group of trainers for Countering Antiquities Trafficking in the Ma...
January 31, 2018
ICOM releases its newest Red List for the country of Yemen in New York today
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For decades, ICOM – the International Council of Museums has continued its fight against illicit traffic in cultural goods with the ...
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