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The Antiquities Coalition is leading the international campaign against cultural racketeering, the illicit trade in ancient art and artifacts.
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IN THE NEWS— On February 21, 2025, @occrp.org featured Executive Director Tess Davis in an article highlighting the importance of #transparency and #accountability in the art and antiquities market. 🔎Dive Into the Case: theantiquitiescoalition.org/antiquities-...

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📆Mark Your Calendar📆 "Trafficking and Terrorism of Antiquities"— an examination of the legal structures, challenges, and best practices for prosecuting cultural terrorism and antiquities trafficking. 📌March 5, 2025 🔗https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_SfV1qONNS3K0xB20I0PvMg#/registration

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ICYMI— San Francisco Museum Shines a Light on Cultural Plunder in its Collection 🌉 Now on, "Moving Objects" highlights four soon-to-be returned Thai bronze statues, once a part of the Prakhon Chai Hoard trafficked by Douglas Latchford. 🔎Learn more: www.npr.org/2025/01/28/n...

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🔊 "The Legal Dimension of Provenance Research: International, Comparative, Indigenous" Don’t miss Executive Director Tess Davis discussing the role of #ProvenanceResearch in the current legal debate on cultural object return and restitution. 📅 25 February 2025 📍Online www.asil.org/event/legal-...

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☎️ Call for Papers! The AURORA Project invites contributions for its upcoming volume, 'Illicit Trafficking of Cultural Property – Examples from the Heritage Sector.' Apply by February 15, 2025 🔗For more details, visit www.bmuseums.net/aurora_pub/?...

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🇮🇩 ICYMI Indonesia warmly celebrates the return of artifacts from the Netherlands. The collection on display in the @NationalMuseum represents some of the 800 artifacts— once looted in conflict and smuggled under colonial rule— returned home. Read more → t.co/Ornsuh10EE

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📆Mark Your Calendar📆 The US Cultural Property Advisory Committee will meet February 4-6 to review a new CPA request from #Vietnam and to renew agreements with #Chile, #Italy, and #Morocco. Read FAQs: theantiquitiescoalition.org/developing-i...

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🧧 Happy Lunar New Year! In this, the Year of the Snake, the AC calls again for the recovery of the missing Chinese Zodiac Heads, looted from the Qing Dynasty palace during the Second Opium War. You can help recover the #TenMostWantedAntiquities: theantiquitiescoalition.org/multimedia-r...

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We invite you to join our coalition to protect our shared heritage and ensure the past is preserved for future generations! 👀https://youtu.be/nZh4zc06Tgw?si=0fxE1GQvKVR9dvoI

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🇺🇦 Ukraine charters a new Cultural Heritage Protection Unit within its armed forces. Drawing on 1954 Hague Convention guidelines, the unit offers cultural property essential protections amidst ongoing armed conflict. Learn more → www.ukrinform.net/rubric-defen...

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Hello! 🏺To protect our shared heritage and global security, the Antiquities Coalition is leading the international campaign against cultural racketeering, the illicit trade in ancient art and artifacts.

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