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Antiquities Trafficking and Art Crime: I’m developing a free online course!

Posted on 22 August 2015

This is really quite exciting!

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Failures and consequences of antiquities trafficking policy: rethinking ‘country-specific’ regulation

Posted on 19 December 2014

A taster abstract for one of the journal papers I have “in submission”.

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Ransoms and Repatriations: the Maori Motunui panels

Posted on 5 July 2014

Hidden in 1800s by Māori fleeing war, 5 carved panels were smuggled

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Maya artefacts and Mexican bandits: trafficking tall tales

Posted on 1 July 2014

A most unbelievable story of a looted (or fake) Maya book and mask.

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“Cursed” stela pulled from London auction over looting concerns

Posted on 3 April 2014

Bonham’s offers a stela owned by an Anonymous Swiss Collector, withdraws piece due to looting allegations.

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Loopholes: dealers and museums profit from ‘charitable’ donations

Posted on 10 March 2014

A tax break scheme exposed in 1981 involving unprovenanced pre-Columbian antiquities

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Conclusions: South American antiquities auctions and my academic past

Posted on 6 September 2013

My masters conclusion

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High Crimes: Studying the Illicit Antiquities Trade in the Bolivian Andes

Posted on 27 July 2013

Yesterday I participated in the Day of Archaeology.

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