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Investigative Journalism and Antiquities Trafficking Research

Posted on 23 September 2021

Check out the piece I wrote for the Global Investigative Journalism Network

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Protecting a Broken Window: Vandalism and Security at Rural Rock Art Sites

Posted on 23 September 2021

FREE open access journal article by myself, Diāna Bērziņa, and Aaron Wright

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I’m an expert and I think there are fakes in the Sotheby’s Precolumbian antiquities sale

Posted on 18 May 2021

Buying them is dumb

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50% off new book: Real, Recent, or Replica: Precolumbian Caribbean Heritage as Art, Commodity, and Inspiration

Posted on 29 April 2021

Joanna Ostapkowicz and Jonathan A. Hanna

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Endangered heritage and illicit trade [podcast]

Posted on 15 March 2021

Maria Dahlström and I discuss a decapitated Buddha head and the illicit trade in antiquities

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Free Book: Opportunities And Challenges Of The Art And Antiques Market Management

Posted on 9 March 2021

In English and Latvian, with a chapter by myself and a colleague.

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PhDs in the Netherlands: accepting proposals again

Posted on 10 December 2020

PhDs are free here. Strong proposals about art and heritage crime welcome.

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New Book: Provenance Research Today (with discount code)

Posted on 3 December 2020

Use code PRT20 for a 20% discount

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Volunteers Wanted: Culture Crime News “Fill in the Blanks” Project

Posted on 17 November 2020

Help me share info about art and heritage crime with the world

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Selling Fake Art: Do the Dealers Know?

Posted on 3 November 2020

Survey methods that could reveal socially unacceptable truths

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No, the WCO report doesn’t show that ‘Business of Smuggling Cultural Property Is Not as Big as People Think’

Posted on 29 September 2020

It’s likely ‘smaller’ than people think, but the report doesn’t show that

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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS “The Power of Things: Understanding relationships between objects and crime”

Posted on 25 September 2020

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