ATHAR
Profitant de la vulnérabilité de certains sites archéologiques, les pilleurs et trafiquants d’œuvres d’art profitent de la crise sanitaire. Un marché noir numérique s’est ainsi développé sur le réseau social.https://www.lefigaro.fr/arts-expositions/pendant-le-confinement-facebook-se-transforme-en-centre-de-commerce-ill...
A joint operation undertaken by Interpol, Europol, the World Customs Organization and local police forces has recovered 19,000 artifacts from 103 countries, the global policing organization announced this week.https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/19000-artifacts-recovered-international-antiquities-trafficking-stin...
In a massive crackdown on the illegal antiquities trade that spanned over 100 countries, international and national law enforcement agencies arrested 101 individuals and recovered some 19,000 archeological artifacts, Interpol reported on Wednesday.https://www.occrp.org/en/news/global-crackdown-on-illegal-antiquities-...
Mens pandemien raser over jorden, har smuglere travlt under jorden og i den virtuelle verden. Den ulovlige online handel med antikviteter og arkæologiske fund fra især Mellemøsten og Nordafrika fortsætter ufortrødent og tager endda til, mens myndighederne har blikket rettet mod corona.https://globalnyt.dk/smuglere-har-...
A new report from Katie Paul, co-director of the Antiquities Trafficking and Heritage Anthropology Research (ATHAR) Project, highlights these nefarious acts, while the ATHAR twitter feed calls on Facebook to account for their reckless online practices, which facilitate such sales.https://aleteia.org/2020/05/04/looters-...
As archaeological sites become increasingly vulnerable to looting amid global lockdowns, Facebook has emerged as an increasingly popular hub of the illicit trade. The ATHAR Project has seen a recent surge of activity on the social-media platform, particularly concerning looted objects from the Middle East and North Afr...
A group that tracks looted artifacts online says that thieves in the Middle East and North Africa are taking advantage of coronavirus lockdowns to pillage archeological sites and sell their finds on online black markets.https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlieporterfield/2020/04/30/smugglers-are-using-coronavirus-lockdowns-...
Destruction or Theft? Between 2014 and 2017, the Islamic State group occupied territory in Iraq. At its height it controlled almost a third of the country and over 4,500 historical sites.https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/deep-dive-podcast/
The online trade of illicit antiquities seems to be on the rise during the coronavirus crisis. The ATHAR Project, which investigates and documents the digital underworld of trafficking in looted artefacts, has found an uptick in posts on Facebook groups involved in buying and selling looted objects from the Middle East...