April 28, 2016

Who stole and where are the (still) missing Führerbau paintings

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By: Marc Masurovsky Holocaust Art Restitution Project On this day, 71 years ago, while the US 3rd Army met light to moderate resistance ...
April 27, 2016

Russian Federal Security Service is investigating several officials and businessmen over missing funds for state-sponsored heritage restoration projects.

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On March 15, 2016 Russian state media reported that the country's Deputy Culture Minister Grigory Pirumov had been detained on embezzle...

US Government sends H.R. 1493 to the US President’s desk for signature.

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Late in the day, April 26, 2016 and with final House passage, the US government has approved its final  amended version  of H.R. 1493,  &qu...
April 21, 2016

The Carabinieri TPC Sequester Stash of Archaeological Finds For Sale on the Internet

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Italy's Syracuse branch of its specialised art squad, the Comando Carabinieri Tutela Patrimonio Culturale, has seized a cache of antiqu...
April 20, 2016

Highlights from the US Hearing Entitled “Preventing Cultural Genocide: Countering the Plunder and Sale of Priceless Cultural Antiquities by ISIS”

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On April 19, 2016 the US House Financial Services Committee Task Force on Terrorism Financing held a one panel, two hour and fifteen minute...
April 18, 2016

Three Italian Renaissance Paintings Stolen by the Nazis in 1944 Have Been Recovered

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By:  Lynda Albertson, ARCA CEO Three 15th century Italian Renaissance paintings, seized from a villa of the then Prince of Luxembourg ...
April 16, 2016

Hidden Ownership - the Panama Papers

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By;  A.M.C. Knutsson In recent days numerous articles have been released outlining the role of art in the Panama Papers. (For an outlin...
April 15, 2016

Belgian Federal Police Eliminating its Art Crime Police Squad Due to Reported Budgetary Constraints

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The Belgian Federal police have decided to eliminate its specialised art and antiques police unit, the Service vols organisés, Art et An...
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April 14, 2016

Theft to Order, a Shady Antiquarian, a Drug Dealer and a Russian with a Penchant for Historic Baubles

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Theft to order, a shady antiquarian, a drug dealer and a Russian with a penchant for gold.  This is the apparent recipe for the dramatic 20...
April 13, 2016

The Road to Recovery - DGAM in Syria Issues Initial Statement Regarding its Plans for Palmyra

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This evening the Directorate General of Antiquities and Museums in Syria issued a statement about their intent and vision for Palmyra and se...