June 5, 2020

Virtual restitutions in the age of Coronavirus and Australian bush fires

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On 27 November 2019 the Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison formally announced that as a result of criminal law proceedings underw...
June 4, 2020

Revisiting the UK's Dealing in Cultural Objects (Offences) Act of 2003

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The Torbryan rood screen This Friday ARCA reviews one of the few successful cases of prosecution using the UK's Dealing in Cultura...
May 19, 2020

Prosecutors file a civil forfeiture complaint for the Gilgamesh Dream Tablet which they say was looted from Iraq.

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The Gilgamesh dream tablet, Iraq, c. 1600 BCE while on display at Museum of the Bible “Strange things have been spoken, why does your h...
May 6, 2020

INTERPOL, Europol and World Customs Organization joint investigation produce results.

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Interpol has issued a preliminary announcement on Operations Athena II and Pandora IV.  A total of 300 coordinated investigations too...
April 30, 2020

Remembering the long returned Orpheus Taming the Beasts Mosaic

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Photograph from the Sanliurfa Prosecutor’s Office which led to the restitution of the Orpheus Mosaic The city of Şanlıurfa, modern-day...
April 25, 2020

Christ Church loans and other Dirk Obbink answered and unanswered questions.

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In an article in today's UK Times, the London newspaper reported that a review of Christ Church college's annual reports indicat...
April 23, 2020

Shocking images of the theft of the Van Gogh in Holland shows thief used a sledgehammer

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Vincent van Gogh – Parish garden in Nuenen, Spring 1884. 25x57 The Dutch police have released a portion of the video surveillance foota...
April 18, 2020

Censorship by the Oxford University or by Dirk Obbink's law team?

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On 16 April Lois Helsop at The Oxford Blue broke the news of that Thames Valley police had arrested American papyrologist Dr. Dirk Obbin...
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Understanding the chiaroscuro context of art crime and statistics

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Erika Bochereau, the Secretary General of the Confédération Internationale des Négociants en Œuvres d’Art (CINOA), a trade organization...