2020-05-23 | Illicit trafficking, Looting and Plunder, Restitution
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 Gilgamesh. Acting as the Plaintiff in the case, the US authorities...
2020-04-30 | Illicit trafficking, Looting and Plunder, Restitution
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 the Tigris meets with the north-south route from Somaysāṭ. Known...
2020-04-18 | Art and Antiquities Crime, Illicit trafficking, Looting and Plunder
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 antiques dealers, has written a response to a recent report by ILLICID,...