ATHAR Project

When Spanish authorities raided the home of a suspected drug trafficker in the Valencian town of Guadasser, they were...

As war rages around the country, cultural centers and arthouses are scrambling to save priceless objects from destruction...

The U.S. returned the looted Roman-era “Veiled Head of a Female” and a 7th century B.C. golden bowl and ivory plaque to...

The U.S. Department of Justice filed for the civil forfeiture of a massive trove of Khmer artifacts looted from Cambodia and...

Cultural property crimes, such as the theft and illegal exportation of paintings, ancient coins or other objects linked to a...

Nearly two weeks after U.S. authorities arrested Vanessa Rondeau, a Canadian national who ran a boutique oddities shop in...

Wildlife trafficking is rampant on social media outlets where buying anything from elephant tusks to rhino horns, cheetah...

Two New York antiquities dealers were arrested for lying for years about the origins of the items they were selling,...

Anthropologists and heritage experts who have called for more due diligence on the part of the legitimate antiquities market...

After having paid massive fines and having returned thousands of questionably acquired antiquities, Hobby Lobby, a US based...

In a massive crackdown on the illegal antiquities trade that spanned over 100 countries, international and national law...