Dirk Obbink arrested on suspicion of ancient papyrus theft
TheftEES Arrests It has now been made public, by the Oxford Blue that American papyrologist Dr. Dirk Obbink, an associate professor in papyrology and Greek literature at Oxford University, was taken...
View ArticleCensorship by the Oxford University or by Dirk Obbink’s law team?
Dead Sea Scrolls Theft Arrest On 16 April Lois Helsop at The Oxford Blue broke the news of that Thames Valley police had arrested American papyrologist Dr. Dirk Obbink, an associate professor in...
View ArticleUnderstanding the chiaroscuro context of art crime and statistics
CINOA Art and Crime Statistics Market Opacity Erika Bochereau, the Secretary General of the Confédération Internationale des Négociants en Œuvres d’Art (CINOA), a trade organization for art and...
View ArticleShocking images of the theft of the Van Gogh in Holland shows thief used a...
Van Gogh The NetherlandsMuseum Theft The Dutch police have released a portion of the video surveillance footage of a single suspect directly involved in the nighttime theft of Vincent Van Gogh’s...
View ArticleRemembering the long returned Orpheus Taming the Beasts mosaic
Illicit trafficking Seizure Arrests The city of Şanlıurfa, modern-day Urfa, is situated in the Taurus Mountains of southern Anatolia, where the east-west highway from Zeugma on the Euphrates to where...
View ArticleAn INTERPOL, Europol and World Customs Organization joint investigation...
Illicit trafficking Seizure Arrests Interpol has issued a preliminary announcement on Operations Athena II and Pandora IV. A total of 300 coordinated investigations took place, spanning 103...
View ArticleProsecutors file a civil forfeiture complaint for the Gilgamesh Dream Tablet
19 MAY 2020 Illicit trafficking Seizure Antiquities Authorities in the United States have filed a civil forfeiture complaint for a 1600 BCE cuneiform tablet featuring a dream sequence from the Epic of...
View ArticleRevisiting the UK’s Dealing in Cultural Objects (Offences) Act of 2003
UK Heritage LawsArrestsSentencing This Friday ARCA reviews one of the few successful cases of prosecution using the UK’s Dealing in Cultural Objects (Offences) Act of 2003. Christopher Cooper was an...
View ArticleVirtual restitutions in the age of Coronavirus and Australian bush fires
National Gallery of Australia Subhash Kapoor Restitutions On 27 November 2017 the Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison formally announced that as a result of criminal law proceedings underway in...
View ArticleChristie’s admits to failing to register to collect New York and local sales...
Christie’s Deferred prosecution NY/DA’s Office In a Deferred Prosecution Agreement, the auction powerhouse Christie’s has agreed to pay up to $16.7 million in sales tax, penalties and interest over a...
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