Over 100 arrested and 19 thousand of the seized items
ARTinvestment.RU   08 мая 2020

These are the results of major international operations from Europol and Interpol to curb the illegal sale of art objects and collectibles

One of the largest international investigations to curb the illicit traffic of art objects and collectibles proceeded simultaneously in several countries and on several continents — in Spain, Romania, Latvia, Colombia, Afghanistan, Turkey, etc. as part of the investigation was conducted simultaneously from two police operations in which took part the staff of Interpol, Europol, Customs and the police in different countries. The main part of the investigation ended last fall, however, in the interests of the investigation, the results were only published this week.

So, the police of Spain is found in Madrid-Barajas airport a few rare decorative-прикладного of pre-Columbian art, including the unique Golden mask Tumaco, Golden statues and fragments of ancient jewelry, illegally exported from Colombia. In parallel, the Colombian police have conducted a series of searches in Bogota, which was found and confiscated 242 art of the same period. This is the largest in the history of the country the number of cultural values, preparing for the illegal sale and seized in a single operation.

in Addition, the the Spanish civil, the police managed to find and confiscate the antique Roman sculpture of a lion, relief and a few Roman columns and also arrested nine persons involved in their illegal importation.

a Considerable part of the confiscated valuables were made and old coins. The Argentine Federal police seized 2,500 ancient coins, the Latvian state police — is still 1375 coins. Do not stay aside and the Middle East: Afghan customs officials at Kabul confiscated 971 cultural object, bound to Istanbul. Among the other items discovered in the course of operations, were fossils, paintings, ceramics and historical weapons.

the Representative of Interpol said that a significant role in the detection of objects of culture and art, illegally imported for sale, played a monitoring online-площадок. During the "week of cyberpatrol" officers of the Interpol under the leadership of the Italian carabinieri gathered information that led to the seizure of 8 670 cultural objects offered for sale on the Internet.

"the Number of arrests and close [the sale] shows the scale and global reach of the illicit traffic of cultural property, a potential target which is every country with a rich cultural heritage", — said Interpol Secretary General jürgen Stock.

the Executive Director of Europol, Catherine de Boll said that law enforcement agencies around the world need to deal with called a "global phenomenon" that goes far beyond trade in illegally exported artifacts, and is closely linked to other criminal activities.

"Organized crime has many faces, — said Catherine de ball. — Trade in cultural objects — is one of them: it's not a glamorous business, managed a bright crooks-джентльменами, this international criminal network. It cannot be dissociated from the fight against drug trafficking andweapons: we know that these are the same group, because it brings a lot of money".

Source: theguardian.com



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