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News Releases - Cultural Property, Art & Antiquities Investigations

Date Location Title
2/12/2013 Detroit, MI Auction house owner arrested for illegal sale of Korean artifact
1/8/2013 Toledo, OH Transfer ceremony clears way for illegally looted ancient vessel to be returned to Italy
12/28/2012 New York, NY Florida man pleads guilty in New York to smuggling dinosaur fossils
12/21/2012 Newark, NJ 4 men arrested for conspiring to sell stolen firearms purported to belong to Saddam Hussein family
12/20/2012 Baghdad, International HSI conducts training conference on countering antiquities trafficking in Iraq
12/7/2012 Houston, TX HSI Houston special agents seize stolen 16th century tapestryImage Icon images
12/5/2012 New York, NY HSI seizes statues allegedly linked to Subhash Kapoor, valued at $5 millionImage Icon images
10/25/2012 El Paso, TX ICE returns stolen and looted archeological art and antiquities to MexicoImage Icon images
10/24/2012 New York, NY HSI seizes additional stolen statues linked to Manhattan art dealer
10/17/2012 New York, NY HSI arrests Florida man for illegally importing dinosaur fossilsImage Icon images
7/26/2012 New York, NY HSI seizes stolen statues from New York storage facility
7/26/2012 New York, NY HSI returns stolen and looted antiquities to NigeriaImage Icon images
7/23/2012 Frankfurt, International TOP STORY: HSI returns painting stolen during World War II to Germany
7/12/2012 Washington, DC ICE returns stolen and looted art and antiquities to PeruImage Icon images
6/22/2012 New York, NY HSI takes custody of Tyrannosaurus dinosaur skeleton looted from MongoliaImage Icon images
6/18/2012 Cleveland, OH Agreement paves way for artifact's return to Italy
4/26/2012 Washington, DC ICE returns stolen and looted art and antiquities to ItalyImage Icon images
4/19/2012 New York, NY Antiquities dealer pleaded guilty to smuggling Egyptian cultural propertyImage Icon images
4/18/2012 Tallahassee, FL US government returns artwork taken during the HolocaustImage Icon images
4/11/2012 Washington, DC TOP STORY: Cultural property investigations span the globeImage Icon images
2/24/2012 Washington, DC ICE and CBP return illegally exported cultural artifacts to GuatemalaImage Icon images
1/25/2012 Washington, DC ICE returns art stolen from French museum in 1981Image Icon images
11/4/2011 Tallahassee, FL ICE seizes rare painting stolen by the Nazis during World War IIImage Icon images
10/13/2011 Washington, DC ICE HSI returns painting stolen during World War IImage Icon images
9/22/2011 New York, NY ICE and US attorney return stolen paintingsImage Icon images
9/14/2011 Washington, DC TOP STORY: ICE HSI repatriates pre-Columbian bowl to BelizeImage Icon images
8/18/2011 Santo Domingo, International ICE and CBP return 67 artifacts to the Dominican RepublicImage Icon images
8/1/2011 Cairo, International ICE HSI helps Egyptian law enforcement agencies counter antiquities trafficking Image Icon images
7/14/2011 New York, NY ICE makes arrests and seizes cultural artifacts stolen from Egypt
7/14/2011 New York, NY ICE HSI agents bust international smuggling operationImage Icon images
7/7/2011 Washington, DC ICE investigations result in return of artifacts to IraqImage Icon images
7/6/2011 Louisville, KY Speed Art Museum transfers religious artwork to ICE
5/16/2011 New York, NY ICE returns tribal artifacts to Indonesian authoritiesImage Icon images
5/12/2011 Washington, DC ICE and CBP officials return cultural artifacts to PeruImage Icon images
4/27/2011 Washington, DC ICE and CBP officials return pre-Columbian artifacts to PanamaImage Icon images
4/6/2011 Phoenix, AZ TOP STORY: ICE returns stolen Warhol print to rightful ownerImage Icon images
3/11/2011 Washington, DC ICE and CBP officials return artifacts to the People's Republic of ChinaImage Icon images
2/23/2011 Toledo, OH Transfer ceremony marks return of antique porcelain to heirs of former German prime minister
1/21/2011 Washington, DC ICE returns to French government stolen Degas painting missing for 37 years
1/21/2011 Washington, DC Top Story: ICE returns stolen Degas painting to the French governmentImage Icon images
1/14/2011 New York, NY Stolen Italian painting ordered forfeited to the government
12/23/2010 New York City, NY Porcelain masterpiece to be returned to heirs of former German prime minister
12/20/2010 New York, NY ICE seizes 2 Julian Falat paintings stolen by the Nazis during WWII
12/3/2010 Washington, DC ICE returns historical documents to Russian FederationImage Icon images
12/2/2010 New York, NY ICE recovers stolen Degas masterpiece set to be sold at auction
12/2/2010 Washington, DC Smithsonian-sponsored training sparks HSI special agents' enthusiasm Image Icon images
11/23/2010 Wilmington, DE Arizona business owner pleads guilty in Delaware to Iranian export offenses
11/3/2010 New York, NY Art collector settlement allows repatriation of 2 rare ceramic antiquities to Peru
10/28/2010 Orlando, FL Florida businessman pleads guilty to illegal trade in elephant ivoryImage Icon images
10/8/2010 New York City, NY ICE Senior Special Agent James McAndrew combats illicit antiquities trade and fights to protect cultural heritageImage Icon images
9/21/2010 New York, NY ICE recovers Brazilian masterpieces linked to bank fraud
9/15/2010 Venafro, International Art and antiquity taken during World War II returned to their townsImage Icon images
8/18/2010 Washington, DC Ancient artifacts returned to Cambodia via the USNS MercyImage Icon images
8/4/2010 New York City, NY ICE senior special agent leads art investigations that bring justice to past war crimesImage Icon images
7/20/2010 New York, NY $19 million settlement in case of painting stolen by NazisImage Icon images
7/14/2010 New York, NY Art returns to Germany after 60 yearsImage Icon images
6/9/2010 New York, NY ICE recovers masterpieces that hark back to the Holocaust Image Icon images
6/2/2010 Miami, FL Stolen pre-Columbian artifacts returned to Peru by ICEImage Icon images
5/26/2010 Washington, DC Ancient Chinese fossils returnedImage Icon images
5/12/2010 Washington, DC ICE returns Salvadoran artifactsImage Icon images
5/5/2010 Washington, DC Mayan artifacts investigationImage Icon images
4/7/2010 Washington, DC ICE returns to Peru 12 human skulls dating to A.D. 640-890 Image Icon images
4/5/2010 Washington, DC Pre-Columbian skulls returned to Peru
3/24/2010 New York, NY ICE recovers Klee painting stolen from a Manhattan art galleryImage Icon images
3/10/2010 Washington, DC ICE closes case on missing sarcophagusImage Icon images
3/10/2010 Washington, DC ICE returns Egyptian sarcophagus
3/4/2010 Moscow, Russia, International Pendant engraved with image of Peter the Great returned to Russian authoritiesImage Icon images
3/2/2010 Washington, DC ICE returns Iraqi heirloomsImage Icon images
2/25/2010 Washington, DC Heritage items returned to IraqImage Icon images
1/12/2010 New York, NY U.S. jury finds Pissarro artwork to be forfeitable as stolen propertyImage Icon images
12/11/2009 Miami, FL ICE returns stolen cultural religious artifacts to Peru
12/2/2009 New York, NY Stolen antiquities returned to Italy
12/1/2009 Brussels, International Holocaust-stolen art returned in Belgium
11/9/2009 New York, NY ICE returns 16th century Bible looted by Nazis
9/14/2009 Washington, DC ICE, CBP return prehistoric fossils to China
6/19/2009 Seattle, WA Man linked to stolen Hitler bookmark sentenced
6/2/2009 New York City, NY Stolen Italian artifact found at auction house
6/1/2009 New York City, NY Stolen Pompeii fresco recovered in N.Y.
5/27/2009 New York, NY Stolen Egyptian artifacts recovered
5/6/2009 New York, NY ICE returns second painting stolen during Holocaust
4/22/2009 New York, NY Painting lost in Holocaust recovered
4/7/2009 New York, NY U.S. Army turns over Hussein's rifle to ICE
3/17/2009 Winston-Salem, NC Stolen Italian sculpture recovered
3/12/2009 Seattle, WA Man who attempted to sell stolen Hitler bookmark pleads guilty
2/11/2009 Laredo, TX ICE and CBP return 334 pre-Columbian artifacts to Peruvian government
2/11/2009 Seattle, WA Historic antique vehicle returned to France
12/3/2008 New York, NY ICE returns stolen antiquities to Egypt
11/26/2008 Seattle, WA Gold bookmark that once belonged to Adolph Hitler recovered by ICE
10/22/2008 Moscow, Other Hermitage artworks catalog, stolen by Nazis, returned to Russia
9/24/2008 Miami, FL French national sentenced in international stolen art conspiracy involving paintings by Monet, Sisley, and Brueghel
9/15/2008 Washington, DC ICE returns more than 1,000 artifacts to Iraq
7/8/2008 Miami, FL ICE returns more than 60 pre-Columbian artifacts, gold pieces and emeralds to Colombian government
5/22/2008 Washington, DC ICE returns eight 'Bronze Age' objects to Afghanistan
5/12/2008 Los Angeles, CA Internationally recognized Asian antiquities expert indicted for wire fraud
5/10/2008 Buenos Aires, Other ICE returns huge cache of rare fossils smuggled into U.S. from Argentina
2/6/2008 New York, NY U.S. arrests Army pilot for dealing in stolen Egyptian antiquities
2/4/2008 New York, NY U.S. arrests Army pilot for dealing in stolen Egyptian antiquities
1/25/2008 Douglas, AZ ICE returns pre-Colombian artifacts to Mexico
1/15/2008 Washington, DC ICE returns ancient marble sculpture of Roman Emperor to Algerian government