From Euroweekly, written by Karl Smallman, November 18, 2017. POLICE officers in Spain who raided the home of a couple have discovered a hoard of several thousands of archaeological pieces. At the property in San Fernando, Cadiz, Guardia Civil agents found coins from the Roman to the medieval period, buttons, keys, beads, thimbles, rings, bullets…
25 Etruscan objects and some forgeries were recovered by the police; a 29 year old was reported. From the Quotidiano del Litorale November 21, 2017 (in Italian). C’è la skyphos o coppa ma anche un oinochoe e una kylix, la classica coppa per il vino, nell’inventario dei reperti sequestrati ad un giovane intercettato dai carabinieri…
Mafia and the passion of Messina Denaro for archaeology. From MeridioNews, written by Salvo Catalano, Novembre 20, 2017 (in Italian). Il sequestro al mercante d’arte Becchina riporta all’attenzione una storia che affonda le sue origini nel secolo scorso e che viene ripercorsa da diversi pentiti, recentemente sentiti dai magistrati. «Il vecchio Messina Denaro aveva questo hobby, la sua…
From Il Vibonese, written by Giuseppe Baglivo, November 20, 2017. In Italian. Un grande mercato internazionale, molti vantaggi e poche regole. Il Vibonese è da tempo al centro di traffici di reperti archeologici che abbracciano mezza Europa e si propagano sin negli Stati Uniti. Un sottobosco di “professionisti”, legati a un circuito di distribuzione su scala…
From The Guardian, November 22, 2017. A multimillion-dollar trade in fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls fuelled by a surge in interest from wealthy evangelicals in the US includes a significant number of suspected forgeries, two prominent experts have said. On scholar said the problem was so serious that up to 90% of the 75…
ARCA’s Postgraduate program in Art Crime and Cultural Heritage Protection is now accepting applications. Information copied from the ARCA’s homepage. In 2009 ARCA started the first of its kind, interdisciplinary, approach to the scholarly study of art crime. Representing a unique opportunity for individuals interested in training in a structured and academically diverse format, the…
Dr. Christos Tsirogiannis, affiliated researcher at The Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research, University of Glasgow, has just identified today, November 20, 2017, the kylix (cup) lot 62 at the forthcoming antiquities auction of Gorny & Mosch in Munich, Germany (Auction 252 – 13.12.2017: Ancient Art: An important collection of Greek vases and parts…
The Italian Journal 24ore, Campobello-News, and Palermo.repubblica noted today, November 15, 2017, that the property of Gianfranco Becchina (here more info in Italian) was confiscated due to links to the Sicilian Cosa Nostra, namely its boss Matteo Messina Denaro: authorities have seized the noble house and Becchina’s bussiness (Olio Verde, Demetra srl, Becchina & company…
Most of the artifacts that was stolen from the Univerisity Museum in August has been found. Two men are arrested. Thursday a preliminary court hearing was held, and police attorney Linn Revheim confirms that two men have been arrested. Several items from the burglary at the museum in august was found in the home of one of the men.…
A flood of potentially stolen art objects from the Middle East is showing up on Amazon, eBay, Facebook and WhatsApp, often ensnaring unsuspecting buyers. By Georgi Kantchev, Nov. 1, 2017 Earlier this year, Stephennie Mulder was in her office at the University of Texas at Austin when she received a Facebook message from Yemen with…
EAA-Community on the Illicit Trade in Cultural Material 