Mohamad Yassin Alcharihi is accused of misrepresenting the true value of a mosaic that was looted from Syria in 2015

Internal crime agency urges vigilance, and greater efforts on monitoring and enforcement, but industry figures say study lacks focus and hard evidence of key vulnerabilities.

Icom and Aliph’s $250,000 project is providing training and security measures for 22 museums in countries ravaged by war

The Himaya project based in Qatar has been working with Interpol to identify artefacts trafficked to London, Paris and Amsterdam

Owner of L’Etoile d’Ishtar gallery said artefacts from Saqqara necropolis “should be restituted to Egypt” but insists he purchased them in good faith

Cambodian government says stone artefacts kept at San Francisco home of billionaire Lindemann family match those looted from sacred site

In wake of scandal involving former Louvre director, France's culture minister forms taskforce to assess acquisitions procedures at museums

Five objects worth more than €3m have been confiscated by authorities as part of a wide-ranging global investigation involving former Louvre director Jean-Luc Martinez

Martinez has been indicted for “complicity of gang fraud and laundering“ of objects purchased by the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Louvre Abu Dhabi

Cinoa, the dealer association, has issued an open letter criticising recent reports that make 'false claims' linking industry to crime

Decision follows years of uncertainty around dwindling enforcement funding

The five-year memorandum of understanding comes at a moment when Nigeria is taking increasingly proactive measures to secure its patrimony and recover artefacts that were looted and stolen

Government-funded image-recognition software will enable law enforcers to work with international organisations

Countries' rush to restitute objects is part of the problem, says Belgian lawyer

Louvre director’s plan calls for co-ordinated response to destruction in Syria and Iraq

Jean-Luc Martinez says attacks on cultural heritage marks "turning point" for universal museums

France takes the lead as calls grow for co-ordinated response after attacks by fanatics on Assyrian royal cities