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January 26, 2025

Looted Treasures Twice Over: The Daring Heist of Dacian Gold in Drents Museum

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Drents Museum  In the early hours of January 25, 2025, the Drents Museum in Assen, Netherlands, became the scene of a daring heist that sent...
January 25, 2025

Crimes, Canvases and Money Laundering: It's an older (and more complicated) crime than many think

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Art is a distinctive asset class, often defined by subjective valuations and discreet sales.  It is also traded in markets where the identit...
December 16, 2024

From Heist to Cellar: The 45-Year Journey of a Stolen Masterpiece

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As mentioned in our last blog post, it can sometimes take decades to recover a stolen artwork, or even longer. Such was the case with the 19...

The Curious Journey of the Santa Rosa de Lima Statue: From Theft to Repatriation

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On the final day of 2006, a significant piece of Mexico’s cultural and religious heritage was stolen. The polychrome Santa Rosa de Lima stat...
December 15, 2024

Join ARCA Live this Friday to learn about ARCA's Art Crime Programmes

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The General Application Period has just opened for ARCA's Postgraduate Programmes in Art Crime and Cultural Property Protection. Write t...
December 11, 2024

Budgets: The Weakest Link in Museum Security

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 By Guest Blogger Bill Anderson, Founder and Managing Paartner of Art Guard If diminished funding and smaller budgets aren’t enough to chall...
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