US returns ancient artefacts looted from Cambodia, Indonesia | Arts and Culture News
New York district attorney accuses two prominent art dealers of the illegal trafficking of antiquities worth $3m. Prosecutors in New York City have announced that…
UK returns looted Ghana artefacts on loan after 150 years | Arts and Culture News
The objects were stolen from the court of the Asante king during the 19th century Anglo-Asante wars. The United Kingdom has returned 32 gold and…
Dahomey doc on Europe’s looted African art wins Berlin film festival | Arts and Culture News
Dahomey, a documentary by Franco-Senegalese director Mati Diop probing the thorny issues surrounding Europe’s return of looted antiquities to Africa, has won the Berlin International…
9th Circuit rejects family plea for Nazi looted painting
A decades-long court battle over a famous painting that was looted from a Jewish family by the Nazis at the dawn of World War II…
Irish police arrest 34 after Dublin stores looted, vehicles torched following stabbing
Ireland's police chief says 34 people have been arrested over rioting in Dublin which saw stores looted and public transport burnt out. Key points:32 of the…
Following Nigeria’s looted money – Open Source Investigations
The United Kingdom's Department for International Development (DFID) has estimated that Nigeria lost about $32 billion to corruption during the administration of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan.…
ISIS fanatics buried £20million of looted GOLD in the desert – I know where it’s stashed, claims jihadi bride
A FORMER jihadi bride says she knows where ISIS has hidden more than £20 million in gold amid fears the terror group intends to use…
Dutch museum the Rijksmuseum to return looted Indonesian and Sri Lankan artefacts
Two Dutch museums will return hundreds of stolen Indonesian and Sri Lankan cultural artefacts as the country reckons with its colonial past.A richly decorated cannon, precious metals and jewellery are…
Greece recovers hundreds of looted artefacts | Arts and Culture News
Trove of 351 objects repatriated including a second-century bronze statue of Alexander the Great. Greece said it has recovered hundreds of looted Neolithic to Byzantine…
Egypt repatriates looted ancient Green Coffin sarcophagus from US | Arts and Culture News
The sarcophagus, symbolically returned at a ceremony, dates back to the Late Dynastic Period of ancient Egypt, officials say. An ancient wooden sarcophagus known as…
NYC’s Met Museum sued over Van Gogh painting allegedly looted by Nazis
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City is facing a new lawsuit over a painting by Vincent Van Gogh that was allegedly looted…