September 27, 2016

ICC Ruling: Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi sentenced to 9 years in prison for destruction of the fabled shrines of Timbuktu

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Arrested in Niger and transferred to The Hague in September 2015 Ahmad al Faqi al Mahdi, a one time member of the Mali-operating Islam...
September 26, 2016

The Statement No Curator Wants to Hear: "It's a very good copy but it's a fake"

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Portrait of Tainui Chief, Kewene Te Haho purportedly by Gottfried Lindauer, originally purchased by Trust Waikato for $121,000 for the ...
September 23, 2016

“Decorative Panels for the Garden” Since when has garden furniture been the code word for antiquities?

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Hapless buyer inspired by IKEA recreating a faux Middle Eastern outdoor living space? Or knowing accomplice to the illicit trafficking ...
September 22, 2016

Why you should go see the exhibition "L’Arma per l’Arte e la Legalità" if you are in Rome

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Why you should go see the exhibition "L’Arma per l’Arte e la Legalità" if you are in Rome between now and October 30, 2016. ...
September 20, 2016

New Art Crime Book: Art Thieves, Fakers & Fraudsters: The New Zealand Story

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Do you happen to know the whereabouts of Psyche? Its the painting that graces this cover of the new Awa Press book:   Art Thieves, Fakers...
September 19, 2016

Ports Francs et Entrepôts de Genève SA addressing concerns about the trade in stolen antiquities

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Google Earth View of Ports Franc As Geneva officials at the Ports Francs et Entrepôts de Genève SA attempt to address previously raise...
September 14, 2016

Should there be immunity for stolen art? Info Call on Bill S.3155 - the Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunity Clarification Act

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Tomorrow, September 15, 2016 the United States Senate Judiciary Committee will vote, or not, on S.3155, the Foreign Cultural Exchange Juris...
August 10, 2016

Reverse Smuggling - Archaeological Remains and Paintings Imported to Italy Without Proper Authority Seized

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Three containers, searched by Italy's customs authorities have been seized by the Guardia di Finanza at the Port of La Spezia having be...
August 3, 2016

Recap of the 2016 Amelia Conference

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By Catherine Waldram, Guest Blogger As ARCA's blog readership generally knows the Association for Research into Crimes against A...
July 28, 2016

Dali's 1941 Surrealist work "Adolescence" and Lempicka's 1929 tableau "La Musicienne" Recovered: Tied to Organized Crime

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After negotiations that stretched from the UK, to the Netherlands and beyond two paintings stolen by masked gunmen during a daylight robber...