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The tech giant has banned the sale of antiquities on its platforms, but ‘monuments for sale’ groups continue to thrive.https://www.thetimes.com/business/technology/article/looters-flout-facebook-ban-to-sell-ancient-artefacts-mhrwprh5p
Italian art police have repatriated an “archaeological treasure trove” of almost 800 stolen artifacts from Belgium in one of the largest operations of its kind in the country.https://www.artandobject.com/news/italian-art-police-recover-782-stolen-archeological-finds
Italian art police have repatriated an “archaeological treasure trove” of almost 800 stolen artifacts from Belgium in one of the largest operations of its kind in the country.https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/roman-artifacts-covid-looting/index.html
The looting of ancient art in Italy is not a new phenomenon. It is at least as old as the Roman empire, which not only contended with its own tomb raiders – or “tombaroli,” as they are known in Italy – but also pilfered riches from other nations.https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/roman-artifacts-covid-looting/index....
Circulating Artefacts has entered a partnership with the Antiquities Traffcking and Heritage Anthropology Research Project (atharproject. org), which monitors social media for posts from looters and traffckers in North Africa and the Middle East.https://www.britishmuseum.org/sites/default/files/2021-06/Egypt_Sudan_News...
In modern times, Turkey has become a nexus for the Illegal antiquities trade due to its proximity to conflicts in many of those former Ottoman provinces such as Syria, Iraq, Libya and elsewhere in the region.https://forward.com/news/467503/in-turkey-counterfeit-jewish-artifacts-are-commonplace-and-often-sloppy/
Among Syrian-based Facebook groups a third of users offering artefacts were identified to be based in conflict zones. Social media, and other more discreet online platforms, enable the seller and buyer to transact without the middlemen usually associated with international smuggling.https://www.global-amlcft.eu/blood-a...
Experts tracking online crime urged prosecutors throughout the United States to address Facebook’s role in facilitating a multitude of illegal trades and marketplaces, including the illegal drug trade which the social media giant has allegedly facilitated amidst the ongoing opioid crisis. in the U.S.https://www.occrp.o...
The Antiquities Trafficking and Heritage Anthropology Research (ATHAR) Project kept a lookout online for rioters’ stolen “souvenirs.” Katie Paul, the group’s co-director, says she saw postings for the lectern on Facebook Marketplace, where the sale of stolen goods is prohibited.https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/...