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WCO report reveals true picture of cultural property crime
2018 Illicit Trade Report lists Cultural Property as just 0.08% of global illicit trade compared to other risk sectors
Zombie Statistics and the Antiquities Dealers’ Association
The BBC explains how zombie statistics are being used to push propaganda and develop policy against the antiquities trade
Latest World Customs Organisation report exposes the lies and propaganda peddled over illicit trade in antiquities
Latest World Customs Organisation report exposes the lies and propaganda peddled over illicit trade in antiquities
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Fact, fiction and fake news: how the media reported Christie’s King Tut head row
The media was abuzz with claim and counter claim over the row concerning Christie's sale of the 3,300-year-old quartzite head of Tutankhamun in early July. Initially, the Egyptian government said it would call for the head's return if it could be shown that it had...
The shocking sources that can give rise to fake news
Identifying and analysing the sometimes shocking sources of fake news
What will the EU import licensing regulations mean for the trade and others?
Now the European Union has adopted new import licensing regulations for cultural property, what will it mean for the art market?