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Prosecutors file a civil forfeiture complaint for the Gilgamesh Dream Tablet

by Save Art | 23 May 2020

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...

An INTERPOL, Europol and World Customs Organization joint investigation produces 101 arrests.

by Save Art | 9 May 2020

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 countries. All of which focused on the dismantlement of international...

Remembering the long returned Orpheus Taming the Beasts mosaic

by Save Art | 30 Apr 2020

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...

Understanding the chiaroscuro context of art crime and statistics

by Save Art | 18 Apr 2020

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,...