Showing posts with label illicit trafficking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label illicit trafficking. Show all posts
November 3, 2025

From Cairo to Barcelona to The Hague: How One Dealer’s Footprint Lingers in Repatriation Cases

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TEFAF Maastricht 2022 Image Credit: ARCA On 15 April 2024 and 19 April 2024 , ARCA published two articles building on an announcement made ...
October 21, 2025

Train with ARCA in the World’s Longest-Running Programme in Art Crime and Cultural Heritage Protection

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The Association for Research into Crimes against Art is thrilled to announce that applications are now open for its 2026 Postgraduate Certif...
June 27, 2025

Regulating the Past: The EU’s Cultural Goods Import Controls Enter into Force June 2025

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Tomorrow, 28 June 2025, marks the official implementation date of  Regulation (EU) 2019/880 of the European Parliament and of the Council of...
April 16, 2025

Sudan’s Cultural Heart Under Threat: The Fate of the Sudan National Museum Amid Civil Conflict

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In the heart of Khartoum, nestled near the confluence of the Blue and White Nile, stands the   Sudan National Museum —once a vital repositor...
March 11, 2025

Forensic Archaeologist Dr. Samer Abdel Ghafour is teaching with ARCA again this summer

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  Can you give us an introduction about yourself? I’m honoured to be part of this interview and to share my journey in cultural heritage pro...
October 28, 2024

Protecting the Past, Shaping the Future: ARCA’s Two 2025 Postgraduate Certificate Programmes in Art Crime and Cultural Heritage

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In 2025, ARCA is breaking new ground by offering not one, but two Postgraduate Certificate Programmes in art crime and cultural heritage.  W...
April 19, 2024

Spain's antiquities dealer arrest and the importance of facts-based reporting

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TEFAF Maastricht 2022 Image Credit: ARCA Earlier this week, ARCA published an article building on an announcement made by  Spain's Minis...
April 15, 2024

Arrest made in Spain on Egyptian antiquities smuggling case.

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TEFAF Maastricht 2020 Image Credit: ARCA According to Spain's Ministry of the Interior, following an investigation begun in 2023, the P...
March 11, 2024

The wacky illicit world of one Ushabti of the Pharaoh Taharqa

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The Cultural Heritage Brigade of Spain's Policía Nacional have completed an investigation into a rare, illicitly trafficked, ushabti. Th...
January 21, 2024

Spanish Police Recover 71 Historical Artefacts and Arrest 6 of 10 members of an Art Trafficking Ring

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This week the Spanish newspaper El Pais reported on an important victory by the Brigada de Patrimonio Histórico de la Policía Judicial in th...