The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism, and Culture has submitted a report on the functioning of the Archaeological Sur...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman emphasized the need for collaboration between governments to exchange "actionable information" in order...

"The undercurrent of illegal trade in narcotics remains strong. Global drug trafficking is estimated to be worth USD 650 billion, contribut...

Recent years have witnessed an increasing demand for the repatriation of looted art objects globally. Even as the British Museum in London ...

Of these, 235 antiquities were seized following the investigation by the office of the Manhattan District Attorney into disgraced art deale...

The problem, for India, only gets compounded with the government lacking any reliable database on antiquities and their locations. Also, ev...

With encyclopedic command of the material, Kumar hunts for distinguishing marks on antiques, matching archival photographs with offerings i...

Six of the artefacts were stolen from Hindu temples and shrines in different states in India during the 19th century.

While nearly half of the artefacts (71) are cultural, the other half consists of figurines related to Hinduism (60), Buddhism (16) and Jain...

The list of 157 artefacts includes a diverse set of items ranging from the one-and-a-half metre bas relief panel of Revanta in sandstone of...

Now, thanks to a watershed overhaul of U.S. money laundering laws, locating the proceeds from foreign bribery, drug trafficking and financi...

Both of the items were forfeited once the owners were presented with evidence that the artifacts were previously stolen from India.

Under the Antiquities and Art Treasures Act 1972, provisions exist for regulating the trade in antiquities and for registering specific cat...

To evade international anti-finance measures, the ISIS employs “the three C’s” to conduct illicit trade: cash, crude oil and contraband.

The UN Security Council today unanimously adopted a resolution aimed at cutting off financial support to Islamic State and other Al-Qaeda-l...

ISIS allegedly sells much of its oil production to intermediaries in Syria, who then transport it to Turkey, Iran, and Kurdistan.

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