Papers from a conference held in Courmayeur, Italy, in December 2008, co-sponsored by ISPAC, the Courmayeur Foundation, and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction / Stefano Manacorda and Duncan Chappell -- Criminal law protection of cultural heritage : an international perspective / Stefano Manacorda -- Pt. I. Illicit trafficking in cultural heritage : the criminological perspective -- Overview of crimes and antiquities / Nikos Passas and Blythe Bowman Proulx -- The market as criminal and criminals in the market : reducing opportunities for organised crime in the international antiquities market / Simon Mackenzie -- The trafficking problem : a criminological perspective / Edgar A.J.G. Tijhuis -- Unraveling the "Cordata" : just how organized is the international traffic in cultural objects? / Duncan Chappell and Kenneth Polk -- Pt. II. Case studies -- The market in Iraqi antiquities 1980-2009 and academic involvement in the marketing process / Neil Brodie -- Looting and illicit traffic in antiquities in Africa / Folarin Shyllon -- Thieves in Baghdad : the global traffic in stolen Iraqi antiquities / Mathew Bogdanos -- Pt. III. Prevention and control -- The role of INTERPOL in the fight against the illicit trafficking in cultural property / Karl-Heinz Kind -- The experience of the Italian cultural heritage protection unit / Giovanni Nistri -- Appendix
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Antiquities-- Collection and preservation-- Moral and ethical aspects, Congresses
Archaeological thefts, Congresses
Art thefts, Congresses
Cultural property-- Protection (International law), Congresses
Cultural property-- Protection, Congresses
Historic sites-- Conservation and restoration-- Moral and ethical aspects, Congresses