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‼️Ідентифікація вкрадених творів мистецтва триває‼️ У кадрі пропагандистського сюжету (вересень 2023) - портрет пензля українського художника. ‼️Загальний рахунок: 1⃣3⃣0⃣ творів ідентифіковано, 1⃣2⃣9⃣ з них в Центральному музеї Тавриди, точне місцезнаходження 1⃣ роботи невідомо

(Kherson's) ArtMuseumKherson has identified 130 of its missing artworks, 129 at the Central Museum of Taurida in occupied Simferopol. As noted in the image, this is the 1967 oil on canvas Portrait of the People's Master Korpanyuk by Petro Sakhro.

'a system under [increasing] pressure': the number of artefact-hunting detectorists in Scotland conflictantiquities.wordpress.com/2025/01/09/uk-…

To emphasise here, as Curia Lab note in our report for ObserveConflict, like so many of our peers in or displaced from Ukraine, ArtMuseumKherson has been doing incredible work in intolerable circumstances. conflictantiquities.wordpress.com/2025/01/13/rus…

Legal language can disrupt ordinary communication. Nonetheless, the investigation by the Curia Lab for ObserveConflict found information (not forensic evidence) that (naturally, ultimately, unintentionally) corroborated/verified claims by ArtMuseumKherson. conflictantiquities.wordpress.com/2025/01/13/rus…

Authorities of Syria's new gov. arrested individuals involved in both drug AND antiquities smuggling. "Residents have called upon the new administration to prosecute every person involved in such actions which threaten the cultural and historical identity of Syria."

Ukraine has published a new list of archaeologists and institutions excavating in #Crimea which are submitted to sanctions Conflict Antiquities Adam Rabinowitz #BlackSea president.gov.ua/documents/6820…

Art/antiquities crime is tied to drug trafficking & money laundering. As a prosecutor, I saw intel on drugs smuggled inside antiquities. With Pam Bondi/U.S. Department of Justice Feb.5 memo ordering "total elimination" of cartels & transnational criminal organizations, targeting these links

Crowdfunding for repairing the Odessa Archaeological Museum and opening a new exhibition space #Blacksea Conflict Antiquities send.monobank.ua/jar/9q1gdbVcES

BREAKING: The @ClevelandMuseum has surrendered its ancient bronze masterpiece, a sculpture of Marcus Aurelius, and dropped its legal challenge of the Alvin Bragg, which is pursuing a criminal investigation of its looting from Bubon, Türkiye.

Art Newspaper: As Sudan’s civil war rages on, its heritage is under siege At least six museums and multiple historic sites have suffered looting or damage as a result of the conflict theartnewspaper.com/2025/02/14/sud…

An Ukrainian documentary in English about the "evacuation" of painting and archaeological artefacts of Kherson museums in November 2022 by Russian #Blacksea Conflict Antiquities youtube.com/watch?v=Y0r4rv…

Online and open access article The tools of war: conflict and the destruction of #Ukrainian cultural heritage cambridge.org/core/journals/…

EU Sanctions the “Tauric Chersonese” State Museum-Preserve Museum in #Crimea for ‘Helping Deliver Supplies to Frontlines’ in #Ukraine #BlackSea Conflict Antiquities artnews.com/art-news/news/…

Pretty much every survivor I’ve spoken to has stories about these gangs being involved in weapons and drugs, money laundering, corrupt council contracts. Some of them are quite wealthy, millionaires. These are dangerous organised people

I’m in the process of publishing an article on intersections between small-scale extraction of cultural goods and small-scale production of narcotic substances in eastern Europe. These are leftover notes on black digging of modern militaria. conflictantiquities.wordpress.com/2025/06/12/eas…

I've compiled mentions of black digging of modern militaria by metal detectorists in the annual reports of the Security Police of the Republic of Estonia (Kaitsepolitseiamet or KAPO). conflictantiquities.wordpress.com/2025/07/15/nor…

I don't believe in any inhumane treatment of even the worst people, but it is intolerable to maintain a system that practically incentivises serious criminals from brutal countries to commit the worst crimes against the most vulnerable in the UK in order to secure their residency

A wish to see every person&culture as equal in morals (despite FGM etc.) & unwillingness to punish wrongdoers in the UK will lead British society ever closer to the legal nihilism, crime, violence, disorder, authoritarianism & corruption that plague and sap less fortunate places.

I want harm to displaced persons & original / host communities to be minimised (doi.org/10.18485/arhe_…). As Patrick Christys, Charlie Peters & others show, non-enforcement of law at border & internally maximises harm by abusers, extremists & other violent criminals (& petty ones too).