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European Commission to legislate over terrorist antiquities despite lack of evidence
The European Commission’s 199-page Deloitte report into tackling cultural property trafficking now confirms that there is no evidence at all that terrorism-related cultural goods are entering the EU, or that an illicit market in cultural property run by organised...
How the European Commission is riding roughshod over the antiquities trade
The European Commission has announced that it will press ahead with controversial proposals for restricting the import of cultural property to members states. The news comes on the back of a survey of stakeholders across the European Union, including the art and...
Operation Pandora fails to uncover conflict zone artefacts
A detailed investigation by the International Association of Dealers in Ancient Art (IADAA) into the findings of Operation Pandora has revealed some interesting results. Pre-eminent among these is that the authorities did not find a single artefact from a conflict...
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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?