It has been announced that over the course of this year, Manhattan District Attorney’s Office has seized 27 antiquities from the Metropolitan Museum of Art which collectively are valued at more than $13 million.
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Kim Kardashian ordered to repatriate ancient Roman statue of Athena
Reality TV star and beauty mogul Kim Kardashian must forfeit an ancient Roman sculpture, according to a recent civil forfeiture action filed by the United States government. Italy’s Ministry of Cultural Heritage released a statement concluding the work was “looted, smuggled, and illegally exported.”
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UK won’t repatriate looted artefacts, says UK culture secretary
“Never mind the argument about who owns this thing, let’s argue about how it gets to be seen”, culture secretary, Jeremy Wright, has told The Times in response to the debate over the restitution of ancient artefacts. Continue reading
German government announces agreement to repatriate looted colonial-era artefacts
In a meeting last Wednesday, culture ministers from 16 German states agreed to repatriate artefacts looted in the colonial era from Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Pacific. Continue reading
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