Operation Andromeda – Carabinieri Cultural Heritage Protection Command Press...
CONDENSED PRESS STATEMENT (TRANSLATED FROM THE ITALIAN)Unedited original available atwww.carabinieri.it/Internet/Cittadino/Informazioni/ComunicatiStampa/2010/Luglio/20100716_100000.htm On July 16,...
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Court Forfeits Cristo Portacroce After Italy Does Not File A Claim
The forfeited Cristo Portacroce.Courtesy ICE The United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida has ordered the forfeiture of the painting, the Cristo Portacroce Trascinato Da Un...
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U.S. Supports U.N. Resolution Urging Countries to Take Antiquities...
U.S. Mission to the U.N. Source: Elmschrat CC The United States has supported a Greek-sponsored UN resolution (A/RES/67/80) titled “Return or restitution of cultural property to the countries of...
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Upcoming MFA Lecture: “The Role of the Carabinieri in Combating Art Theft in...
“The Role of the Carabinieri in Combating Art Theft in Italy” is the title of this week’s lecture at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Colonel Luigi Cortellessa of the Carabinieri Division for the...
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Adversaries No More: The Carabinieri and MFA Enjoy Cultural Exchange Partnership
News stories from 1998 once chronicled the acquisition of looted archaeological material by Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts (MFA). And the Boston Globe critically reported in 2006 that the MFA “has long...
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U.S. v. One Ancient Roman Sarcophagus Lid: Prosecutors Present Legal...
The Roman sarcophagus lid. Source: ICE Tom Mashberg broke the story in The New York Times last week about the seizure of a Roman sarcophagus lid by U.S. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in New...
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Another Due Diligence Lesson as Becchina Archive Produces U.S. Court...
Yesterday’s order of forfeiture in the case of United States v. One Attic Red-Figure Skyphos and One Apulian Red-Figure Bell Krater (2014-cv-00448 NDNY) provides another example of why dealers and...
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Stipulation Puts a Lid on Litigation Over Roman Sarcophagus Cover Featured in...
The Roman sarcophagus lid. ICE A marble Roman sarcophagus lid is expected to be forfeited and returned to Italy after federal prosecutors and the potential claimant signed a stipulation last week....
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Italy Asks for MoU Renewal to Protect Cultural Heritage
The Italian government has asked the United States to renew a bilateral agreement or Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) restricting American import of archaeological artifacts in jeopardy of pillage....
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Drusus Head Revisited
Steve Litt reports that the Cleveland Museum of Art is returning a marble head depicting Drusus Minor to Italy because the object was stolen in 1944.When the Cleveland Museum acquired the ancient...
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