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Antiquities Coalition

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The Antiquities Coalition is leading the international campaign against cultural racketeering, the illicit trade in ancient art and artifacts.

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🌐Join us August 5, 2025 Together with the @ACEurasiaCenter, we will announce the latest addition to the #TenMostWantedMissingAntiquities list and hear expert discussion on the Russian war on Ukraine’s cultural heritage. → Register here: ow.ly/PmeI50WwfgQ

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Art’s high-value, low-oversight combination has proved to be an ideal environment for a wide range of criminal activity. The #ArtMarketIntegrityAct closes criminal loopholes in the art market by applying industry-standard AML safeguards. 🖼️Learn more: ow.ly/zTnJ50WwiC0

Art’s high-value, low-oversight combination has proved to be an ideal environment for a wide range of criminal activity. 

The #ArtMarketIntegrityAct closes criminal loopholes in the art market by applying industry-standard AML safeguards.

🖼️Learn more: ow.ly/zTnJ50WwiC0
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WATCH | 🇺🇦 Ukraine’s Ambassador to the US Oksana Markarova announces Antiquities Coalition’s newest addition to its “Ten Most Wanted Antiquities” list: a Ukrainian artifact stolen from Mariupol. Watch the event: ➡️ bit.ly/3Jl9Yv5

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🚨 New addition to our Ten Most Wanted Antiquities: The “Mariupol Bull Figurine,” one of more than 2,000 museum pieces that disappeared amid the chaos of Russia’s 2022 siege of Mariupol and the Kremlin’s broader campaign of cultural plunder. Learn more: theantiquitiescoalition.org/antiquities-co…

🚨 New addition to our Ten Most Wanted Antiquities: The “Mariupol Bull Figurine,” one of more than 2,000 museum pieces that disappeared amid the chaos of Russia’s 2022 siege of Mariupol and the Kremlin’s broader campaign of cultural plunder.

Learn more: theantiquitiescoalition.org/antiquities-co…
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Congress takes aim at dirty money in the multi-billion-dollar U.S. #ArtMarket, floating praise for the Art Market Integrity Act. 🔎Find Out More: ow.ly/63Vm50WyV3I

Congress takes aim at dirty money in the multi-billion-dollar U.S. #ArtMarket, floating praise for the Art Market Integrity Act.

🔎Find Out More: ow.ly/63Vm50WyV3I
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What does China’s massive investment in heritage say about its global strategy? Read the latest insights from our Chairman and Founder Deborah Lehr in the SCMP: scmp.com/opinion/china-…

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Want to find out how this bipartisan legislation would strengthen national security, uphold economic integrity, and support honest businesses? 👉Click here: theantiquitiescoalition.org/congress-takes…

Want to find out how this bipartisan legislation would strengthen national security, uphold economic integrity, and support honest businesses? 

👉Click here: theantiquitiescoalition.org/congress-takes…
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📅Mark Your Calendar! The U.S. Cultural Property Advisory Committee will meet Sept. 15-17 to review a new CPA request from #Cameroon and to renew agreements with #Colombia and #Türkiye, and extend emergency restrictions for #Afghanistan. Find Out More: ow.ly/39SS50WEV0B

📅Mark Your Calendar!

The U.S. Cultural Property Advisory Committee will meet Sept. 15-17 to review a new CPA request from #Cameroon and to renew agreements with #Colombia and #Türkiye, and extend emergency restrictions for #Afghanistan.

Find Out More: ow.ly/39SS50WEV0B
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🇺🇸The U.S. remains key in the global fight to protect our shared heritage. Thank you to Senior Official for Public Diplomacy for affirming this truth and elevating the critical work of the Cultural Heritage Coordinating Committee.

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A bipartisan initiative to cleanse the multi-billion-dollar U.S. art market of dirty money—support for the #ArtMarketIntegrityAct. ✅Find Out More: ow.ly/LKZP50WFoRG

A bipartisan initiative to cleanse the multi-billion-dollar U.S. art market of dirty money—support for the #ArtMarketIntegrityAct.

✅Find Out More: ow.ly/LKZP50WFoRG
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🇺🇦 International Community Unites Around Search for Missing Ukrainian Artifact🐂 More on the AC Blog: ow.ly/ur5m50WHC1m Hear from Ukrainian Ambassador Oksana Markarova on what this object's loss—and recovery—would mean for the people of #Ukraine. ow.ly/YtYe50WHC1l

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The Antiquities Coalition, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit, said in a fact sheet that bad actors exploit the U.S. art world’s culture of discretion for money laundering. Read about the latest attempt to regulate the domestic art market: icij.org/news/2025/08/n…

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Last week, Ashraf Eldarir was sentenced to prison on 4 counts of antiquities smuggling. The investigation tells an all too familiar story: looters-on-call, forged provenance documents, blockbuster auction houses, and major museums. 💼The Full Story: ow.ly/zCjw50WNR8E

Last week, Ashraf Eldarir was sentenced to prison on 4 counts of antiquities smuggling. The investigation tells an all too familiar story: looters-on-call, forged provenance documents, blockbuster auction houses, and major museums.

💼The Full Story: ow.ly/zCjw50WNR8E
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🗞️New from the AC Blog—Dr. Angela Chiu kicks off a new two-part series, taking us inside the hunt for the Prakhon Chai hoard and revealing the origins of one of the world’s most notorious antiquities trafficking rings. Read it here → theantiquitiescoalition.org/inside-the-hun…