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The three-year window: how some items can escape EU import rules
Antiques Trade Gazette has just published an excellent guide to permissions regarding non-European Union goods returning to the EU with a three-year period. Following clarification from the European Commission, legal columnist Milton Silverman confirms that these...
Andy Hayler R.I.P.
It is with great sadness that we have to inform you of the passing of Andy Hayler, our former member, on April 3. He had spent almost 20 years fighting his own illness. Ultimately, he died in hospital after a very short illness related to a chest infection, but his...
None of the world’s top authorities able to supply accurate global data on cultural goods trafficking
Despite myriad figures for illicit trade worth billions or even tens of billions of dollars, no one can point to any reliable source for claims A survey of a dozen of the world’s top law enforcement agencies and government departments has revealed that none of them...
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Setting the right pain threshold is the key to success in setting anti-money laundering laws
The AML value threshold for the US Art Market Integrity Act is so low that it risks driving many people out of business
The real cultural heritage rift that all stakeholders need to heal
Academic and cultural institutions, as well as governments, continue to look down on the art market – it’s unfair and is in no one’s interest Provenance and Due Diligence have become the critical factors in assessing cultural goods in recent years. Theft, trafficking,...
Lost Horizon – what is all this E.U. funding for?
Countless millions are spent investigating cultural property trafficking to little effect Preventing trafficking in cultural goods is a major preoccupation of the European Union. It is one of the key objectives of the constantly updating anti-money laundering...