WYWH: Lawyers’ Committee on Cultural Heritage Protection 10th Annual Conference

On April 5th, 2019, the Lawyers’ Committee on Cultural Heritage Protection (“LCCHP”) held its tenth annual conference at the Georgetown Law Center in Washington DC, on the topic of contemporary perspectives on cultural heritage.

[VIDEO] Tracking 21st Century Traffickers: Facebook’s Illicit Antiquities Problem

Facebook has democratized the trafficking of illicit antiquities on a global scale.

The Middle East’s Other Facebook Revolution: Antiquities Trafficking in the Digital Age

Looters are now targeting material with a previously unseen level of precision—a practice that Facebook makes remarkably easy.

ISIS Eyes Tunisia’s Cultural Heritage as Militants Return

In a region with tens of thousands of archaeological sites, antiquities are as easily accessible as oil for terrorist groups controlling such archaeologically rich territory.

NATO THE SOUTHERN TALKS #9 – Terrorist Financing, Cultural Looting and The Role of Social Media