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antiquities smuggling

January 27, 2023
Australian Returns 9 Antique Buddha Statues to Thailand
By Sebastian Strangio
The Canberra resident Murray Upton said his father obtained the statues while working as a railways engineer in the south of Thailand in 1911.

September 20, 2022
The Met’s Cambodia Problem
By Sribala Subramanian
The museum’s prized collection of Khmer artifacts may have dubious origins.

August 10, 2022
US Officials Facilitate Return of Looted Antiquities to Cambodia
By Sebastian Strangio
These are the latest artifacts to be recovered as a result of the ongoing U.S. investigations into the activities of the late British antiquities trader Douglas Latchford.

August 21, 2020
Douglas Latchford: The Man Who Pillaged Cambodia
By Tess Davis
Latchford leaves behind a dark legacy of looting and cultural destruction, which will long outlive him.

January 29, 2019
Pakistan’s Crumbling Cultural Heritage
By Shah Meer Baloch
Mehrgarh, the site of a precursor to the Indus Valley civilization, is victim to looting, vandalism, and encroachment.

March 14, 2017
Buyer Beware: US Market for Ancient Asian Art Still the Wild, Wild East
By Tess Davis
Cultural treasures stolen from conflict zones continue to pop up for sale in the United States and elsewhere.

August 12, 2016
The Potential Dark Side of China's Art and Antiquities Boom
By Deborah Lehr and Katie Paul
China has come to dominate the art and antiquities market. Now it must take up the burden of protecting these treasures.

September 16, 2015
Smuggling India's Antiquities
By Neeta Lal
Existing measures to protect India’s rich heritage have proven to be woefully inadequate.
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