Global Perspectives on Cultural Property Crime

Michelle D. Fabiani is an assistant professor of criminal justice in the Henry C. Lee College of Criminal Justice and Forensic Science at the University of New Haven, located in the United States.Kate Melody Burmon is a researcher scholar affiliated with the Ronan Institute, located in the United States.Saskia Hufnagel is a reader in criminal law and co-director of the Criminal Justice Centre (CJC) at Queen Mary University of London, located in the United Kingdom.

• List of contributors PART 1Challenges of ownership: Past and present 1 Introduction MICHELLE D. FABIANI2 Different strokes for different folks: A re-evaluation of the ontology of provenance research towards a more responsive research discipline GARETH FLETCHER3 Whose duty is it anyway? On the burden of proof in applying due diligence standards when dealing with cultural property PAUL FABEL AND LOUISA KIMMIG4 The cycle of good faith: Evaluating the status of due diligence in the art market AUBREY CATRONE5 What auction catalogue analysis cannot tell us about the market: Sotheby’s 2013 sale of Pre-Columbian objects from the Barbier-Mueller collection DONNA YATESPART 2The intersection of art, antiquities, and currency crimes 6 Money laundering and art: Correlations of crime financing and money laundering cost to criminal decision making KATHARINA STOLL7 Protection of cultural objects against money laundering: Contributions of rational choice theory DIOGO MACHADO AND LEILA OLLAIK8 More than antiquities trafficking: The issue is antiquities laundering ANNA MOSNAPART 3Innovative research and challenges in the field9 Radiocarbon dating method and the protection of cultural heritage IRKA HAJDAS10 The space between: Spatial patterns of archaeological looting attempts and conflict in Lower Egypt MICHELLE D. FABIANI11 “Do you expect us to throw it all away?”: Thirty years of looted Iraqi cuneiform archives LUISE LOGES12 Challenges to study: Difficulties arising in studying fine art theft KATE MELODY BURMONPART 4Policing and policy 13 Offences relating to “dealing” in cultural property: The UK approach EMILY GOULD14 Metal detecting in England and Wales: A transatlantic problem ADAM DAUBNEY15 Countering illicit trafficking of cultural property in Ukraine VOLODYMYR HULKEVYCH16 Connecting the dots: Models of public-private cooperation in cultural property crime policing RICHARD VAN HERZEELE17 ISIS, blood antiquities, and the international fight against terrorism financing COSTANZA MUSU18 Conclusion KATE MELODY BURMONIndex