Links
The following is a non-exhaustive list of various useful websites by organisations and individuals that are interested in the trafficking of cultural property. Although it might seem obvious, it is worth noting that once you click through you will be leaving our website and we don’t necessarily endorse views set out on other people’s websites, over which we have no control.
As the purpose of our website is primarily to disseminate academic research, we don’t provide a reporting or analysis service on breaking news stories. There are many blogs which do provide this news feed service, sometimes with analysis too, so we recommend you look to them for current news and comment. As there are quite a number of these blogs, we have only posted links below to blogs which are run by people involved in the Trafficking Culture project in some capacity. The non-inclusion of blogs below is thus no indication of our views on the value of their content. Many of the blogs linked to below will link in turn to other relevant blogs, so you will quickly be able to see what is on offer in this field. Please note again, however, that we do not endorse views expressed in any blogs, directly linked or otherwise, since all blogs are the private enterprises of their writers.
Cultural and Academic Organisations
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- The International Council of Museums (ICOM)
- International Foundation for Art Research (IFAR)
- Global Heritage Fund (GHF)
- Association for Research into Crimes against Art (ARCA)
- The Lawyers’ Committee for Cultural Heritage Preservation (LCCHP)
- Saving Antiquities for Everyone (SAFE)
- Heritage Watch
- United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
- International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT)
- Association of National Committees of the Blue Shield (ANCBS)
- ArThemis (Art-Law Centre, University of Geneva)
- Fundación Nacional de Arqueología de El Salvador (FUNDAR): Fight Against Looting and Illicit Antiquities Trafficking
- ArchaeoHeritage.ro: Current trends in archaeological heritage preservation; national and international perspectives
Government and Law Enforcement
- Metropolitan Police Art and Antiques Unit (UK)
- International Cultural Property Protection (US State Department)
- Department for Culture Media and Sport (DCMS)
- INTERPOL: Art Theft
- FBI: Art Theft
- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE): Cultural Property, Art and Antiquities Investigations
- Government of Tamil Nadu Economic Offences Wing
- Comando Carabinieri per la Tutela del Patrimonio Culturale (Italy)
- Tráfico Ilícito: Secretaría de Cultura (Argentina)
- Campaña Nacional Contra el Tráfico Ilícito (Colombia)
Educational Resources
Provenance Research
- London Stolen Art Database (LSAD; Met Police)
- The Art Loss Register
- Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD) Object Registry
- ICOM Red List
Journals
- The International Journal of Cultural Property
- Journal of Cultural Heritage Law
- Art Antiquities and Law
Trade Sites
- Confédération Internationale des Négociants en Oeuvres d’Art (CINOA)
- Association of International Antiquities Dealers (AIAD)
- British Antique Dealers’ Association (BADA)
- LAPADA – The Association of Art and Antique Dealers
- National Art and Antique Dealers Association of America (NAADAA)
- International Association of Dealers in Ancient Art (IADAA)
- Antiquities Dealers Association (ADA)