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...
March 8, 2024
Museum Theft: One million euros worth of jewellery stolen from a temporary exhibit at the Vittoriale degli Italiani Museum in Italy
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Forty-nine jewellery pieces, created by twentieth century sculptor, painter, and Italian partisan, Umberto Mastroianni have disappeared duri...
March 7, 2024
2024 Amelia Conference - Save the Date and Call for Presenters
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The Amelia Conference: ARCA’s Annual Interdisciplinary Art Crime Conference Call For Presenters, Abstract Submission Period : De...
March 4, 2024
New developments in Spain's theft case of five artworks by Francis Bacon
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In the summer of 2015 thieves entered a five-story building on the Plaza de la Encarnación —an affluent area in the center of Madrid near ...
March 1, 2024
Is art crime understudied? Not anymore. But why not study among the best.
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ARCA's 2024 Postgraduate program in Art Crime and Cultural Heritage Protection is accepting late applications. In 2009, when ARCA start...
February 14, 2024
A stolen painting by Ivan Aivazovsky? This work is set to be auctioned in Russia in four days.
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Full Moon Night, 1878 by Ivan Aivazovsky There are 32 stolen paintings listed in the INTERPOL Works of Art database by the Romantic painte...
February 8, 2024
Reclaimed Heritage: A Cambodian Buddha Goes Home
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Seized by Swiss authorities in the Canton of Basel 10 years ago, this 18th or19th century (Khmer empire) Buddha, seated in vajraparyankasana...
February 5, 2024
The Ongoing Struggle Against Illicit Cultural Item Smuggling from Ukraine
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As stated on the official Facebook page of the State Customs Service of Ukraine , customs officers in Chernivtsi foiled an attempt to smugg...
January 27, 2024
Italy Takes Action: Preventive Seizure Decree Targets Stolen Books from Girolamini Library and a list of Hot Texts
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Italy's Ministry of Culture, in collaboration with the Public Prosecutor's Office at the Court of Naples, has announced a significan...
January 25, 2024
New Convictions and Sentences in the Geneva Museum Heist Saga
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May 31, 2019: Prelude to the Heist The account of the Geneva Museum Heist begins on May 31, 2019, when British national Stewart Ahearne take...
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