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Federal prosecutions involving international theft or trafficking of cultural objects are rare. State prosecutions are novel. That is why the current case against Arnold-Peter Weiss, involving New York state law, is worth watching. Authorities arrested Dr. Arnold-Peter C. Weiss in January for allegedly attempting to sell an ancient coi...
Manhattan criminal courthouse. Source: nyc.gov Arnold-Peter Weiss's case was scheduled today in Manhattan. New York Criminal Court records show that Dr. Weiss's $200,000 cash bail was continued, and the next court date was set for July 3, 2012. Law enforcement officials charged the Rhode Island hand surgeon in January with Criminal Possession of S...
Congressman Steve Chabot The U.S. House of Representatives by voice vote yesterday passed the Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunity Clarification Act (FCEJICA). The legislation seeks to protect foreign artwork on loan to American museums by clarifying a part of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA). The legislation was intr...
In January, I summarized some of the discussion that took place on January 18, 2012 during the U.S. State Department's meeting of the Cultural Property Advisory Committee to hear public testimony on renewals of the Memoranda of Understanding with Cyprus and Peru (" Comments on the Extension of the MOU with Cyprus "). Most of those present spoke in ...
Public Session Slated for April 24 - Lowland Maya mask from Guatemala. Source: U.S. State Department The Cultural Property Advisory Committee (CPAC) will meet to consider renewal requests by Mali and Guatemala for Memoranda of Understanding (MoU). A public session will be held on April 24 to consider extending the bilateral agreements that would continue America's import contro...
The latest issue of the International Newsletter on Rock Art (INORA 62-2012) arrived with the wonderful news that the creeping decay of the cave's stunning images is, for the most part, in remission! This is great news after years of frustration in fighting the nasty micro-organisms that were attempting to literally "eat" the 19,000 year-old paint...
Public Session Slated for April 24 - Lowland Maya mask from Guatemala. Source: U.S. State Department The Cultural Property Advisory Committee (CPAC) will meet to consider renewal requests by Mali and Guatemala for Memoranda of Understanding (MoU). A public session will be held on April 24 to consider extending the bilateral agreements that would continue America's import contro...
The US District Court for the Eastern District of New York has denied Salem Alshdaifat's request to move the trial from the Empire State to his home state of Michigan. Alshdaifat is charged in the case of United States v. Khouli et al. with participating in an antiquities smuggling ring along with three other co-defendants. &nb...
Joshua Knelman will debut his latest book titled Hot Art in New York on March 22, 2012. The investigative book documents the story of an art and antiques thief as well as the stories of law enforcement officials and attorneys who work to combat art and cultural property crime. The public is invited to the event, which will be held at ...
Outside the US Supreme Court The case of Republic of Peru v. Kingdom of Spain et al. (11A795)--related to Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. v. Kingdom of Spain, et al.-- saw a last minute emergency appeal quashed Thursday. Peru made the final effort to stop coins, believed to be from the galleon called Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes , from returnin...
CBP agents are pictured in this file photo discussing strategies before airport passengers arrive. Source: CBP The Ancient Coin Collectors Guild (ACCG) today filed its reply case in the case of ACCG v. US Customs and Border Protection et al. The reply is a response to the brief by federal attorneys last month . The court case first st...
Carved African ivory seized by US Fish and Wildlife in the case against Victor Gordon.. Source: USFWS Plea negotiations continue in the case of United States v. Victor Gordon , according to a recent letter filed in court by Gordon's attorney. The US District Court for the Eastern District of New York has scheduled a status conference in the matter...
