Your Brush With The Law
- Charles Vincent Sabba looks at some famous art crimes, forensic art and the art scene in New York.
- http://www.yourbrushwiththelaw.com
The Iraq War and Archaeology
- Francis Deblauwe gathers articles and information about the impact of the war on the archaeological remains in Iraq, including the losses from looting.
- http://iwa.univie.ac.at/
Sources of Information on Antiquities Theft
- Librarian provides a bibliography and list of Internet resources on theft of antiquities.
- http://www.dowling.edu/library/papers/laura/theft.html
Saving Futures
- Charlie Phillips investigates issues of cultural heritage management and preservation in India and Nepal through interviews nad research.
- http://www.savingfutures.com
CBC Indepth: Art Thefts
- Indepth examination of some of the world's most famous artworks that have been stolen, including audio and video links to reports.
- http://www.cbc.ca/arts/features/artthefts/
International Archive of Stolen Artefacts
- A database with close-up photographs of objects. An independent resource dedicated to the retrieval of stolen artefacts through maximum publicity.
- http://www.iasa-online.com
Stolen Art
- This Belgian initiative aims to assist the police in Belgium and elsewhere in the recovery and return of stolen antiques. Register stolen art pieces. Newsletters.
- http://www.stolenart.be
BBC: Stolen Turner Paintings Found
- Two Turner paintings from the Tate galleries' collection, stolen while on display in Germany eight years ago, are found.
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/2593487.stm
Museum Security Network: Art Crime
- News reports of cultural property incidents, such as art theft, looting of art in wartime, fire and forgery worldwide.
- http://www.museum-security.org/artcrime.html
Gang Caught with 200,000 Artefacts
- Giles Tremlett reports in the Guardian that Spanish police have captured 100 archaeological robbers in an operation that netted a vast haul of antiques up to 5,000 years old.
- http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4464605,00.html
NYTimes.com - Thwarting Art Thieves on a Budget
- Discusses problems of art theft during business hours and how museums and other facilities have responded.
- http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/29/arts/design/29ARTS.html
Illicit Antiquities Research Centre (IARC)
- At University of Cambridge to research and highlight damage caused by looting of archaeological sites. Publishes periodical Culture Without Context. Information on latest news, events, information, legal conventions, resources.
- http://www.mcdonald.cam.ac.uk/IARC/home.htm
Britain Leads Illicit Trade in Rare Books
- The Guardian reports that Britain has become the centre for criminal traffick in ancient manuscripts and historic books.
- http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4201560,00.html
Looting Matters
- Studies by Christopher Chippindale and David Gill of the University of Wales Swansea on the material and intellectual consequences of collecting antiquities, with related links.
- http://www.swan.ac.uk/classics/staff/dg/looting/
Find Stolen Art
- Database aiming to assist UK police in the recovery and return of stolen antiques and to enable auction houses, collectors and dealers to exercise due diligence.
- http://www.findstolenart.com/
The Art Loss Register
- Operates a permanent international database of stolen and missing works of art, antiques and valuables, to assist law enforcement agencies in the battle against art theft.
- http://www.artloss.com/
Swiss Recover 10,000 Stolen Antiquities
- Archaeology magazine feature article by Andrew Slayman on one of the largest recoveries of stolen art treasures.
- http://www.archaeology.org/online/features/geneva/index.html
Art Theft from Cyprus to Munich
- Archaeology magazine feature article by Mark Rose on the looting of frescoes, mosaics and icons from churches in Northern Cyprus
- http://www.archaeology.org/online/features/cyprus/index.html
Stolen Stones: The Modern Sack of Nineveh
- Looting of Iraqi archaeological sites since the Gulf War. Illustrated feature by John M. Russell in Archaeology includes clickable map of the throne room suite.
- http://www.archaeology.org/online/features/nineveh/index.html
Looting Question Bibliography
- Hugh Jarvis lists Internet and published resources on the archaeological politics of private collecting, commercial treasure hunting, looting.
- http://wings.buffalo.edu/anthropology/Documents/lootbib.html
Stolen Property or Finders Keepers?
- Dede Tisone-Bartels provides teacher's resources for considering the true ownership of works of art which have been taken from their place of origin to museums and collections around the world.
- http://home.att.net/~tisone/problem.htm
Object ID
- Site describes rationale, use and contacts for Object ID, an international standard for describing art, antiques and antiquities to combat theft.
- http://www.object-id.com/
Price of Age
- An electronic dissertation on the illicit trade of antiquities by Andrew Cranwell.
- http://www.museum-security.org/cranwell/index.html