My favourite part about this is that the woman just seemed to naturally do everything right. She asked when she has suspicions, she contacted the embassy, and she gave it back. It seems so obviously correct, but others struggle with it. cbc.ca/radio/asithapp…

I've added a page on preownedpast.com with some of the resources I use to keep up to date with heritage crime news, including 👌 blogs from: Dr Donna Yates Conflict Antiquities Chasing Aphrodite Paul Barford ARCA Alexander Herman Angelina Giovani-Agha preownedpast.com/resources/

This month's Art and Heritage Crime Research Opportunities List is out! Jobs, calls For papers, events. Read it here and sign up for the email: anonymousswisscollector.com/2024/06/art-cr…

Grave robbers, body snatchers and the history of Australian museums brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queen…

Swiss Bührle Foundation seeks to settle with Jewish heirs on major Impressionist works theartnewspaper.com/2024/06/17/swi… #ArtCrime

A Rubens Returns to a German Castle, 80 Years After It Was Stolen nytimes.com/2024/06/21/art… #ArtCrime

Modigliani Drawing Exposed as Fake and Seized Ahead of Sale news.artnet.com/art-world/modi… #ArtCrime

University of Cambridge returns 39 traditional artifacts to Uganda voanews.com/a/university-o… #ArtCrime

Nigerian Federal Government to take possession of looted Benin bronzes when returned from Germany guardian.ng/fg-to-take-pos…

Man Receives Two-Year Prison Sentence for Stealing a Banksy Artwork in France #ArtCrime artnews.com/art-news/news/…

Bronze statue of Goddess Durga repatriated to Vietnam from USA #ArtCrime vietnamnews.vn/life-style/165…

Taken by an Austrian engineer c1859 from the north facade of the Apadana.

For those of you who like that sort of thing, I just put a bunch of papers by Neil Brodie, primarily about antiquities trafficking in Syria and Iraq, up on the Trafficking Culture website: traffickingculture.org/people/neil-br… #Archaeology #Museums #CulturalHeritage #ArtCrime

MUST READ Open Access article: "Human–Object Hybrid in Our Lives and Crime". Diana Berzina explores how a metal detectorist searching illegally for antiquities is made up of 2 parts: person and tool. Crime can't happen until a hybrid forms www-tandfonline-com.mu.idm.oclc.org/doi/full/10.10… #archaeology

Irregularly Regulated Collecting Markets: Antiquities, Fossils, and Wildlife: NEW OPEN ACCESS paper! We present subjective legality, contested by cultural, economic, political influences, & the role of market actors in manipulating perceptions Annette Hübschle link.springer.com/article/10.100…