Tag: Antiquities
Burglary through hole – Antiquities theft: “Suppose a contract act”
After discovering on Tuesday that his antique shop in Graz-Gries had been perfidiously robbed, Erhard Szabo is still shocked – and suddenly lost his livelihood… There is no sign of…
Ukraine seizes thousands of antiquities believed to be war looting
6000 pieces from the Bronze Age and the Middle Ages were found during a raid by the police. Investigators fear that they were stolen from museums in Crimea. Ukraine announced…
Antiquities trafficking: the Louvre Abu Dhabi considers itself a “victim” and is a civil party
The Louvre Abu Dhabi has decided to become a civil party in the investigation into the trafficking of looted antiquities in the Near and Middle East in which a former…
A former president of the Louvre suspected of being involved in a vast antiquities trafficking
The investigation into a vast traffic of looted antiquities in the Near and Middle East is now focusing on the role of the former president and director of the Louvre,…
Antiquities trafficking: a former president of the Louvre indicted for money laundering
Europe 1 with AFP 10:25 a.m., May 26, 2022 Jean-Luc Martinez, former president and director of the Louvre Museum, was indicted in an investigation into trafficking in antiquities from the…