TY - JOUR
T1 - Laundering Illicitly Trafficked Cultural Property and Criminal Law Control over the Import and Export of Artworks and Antiquities
AU - Visconti, Arianna
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - The last decade has been characterised by a growing attention to then criminal dimension of the art and antiquities market. This process culminated in the adoption of the first suppression convention aimed specifically at cultural property trafficking ever entered into force, after the failed attempts dating back to the Eighties and Nineties. After briefly summarising the reasons for this shift in paradigm, the paper delves into the crucial issue of laundering of cultural items of unlawful origin, as addressed by the 2017 Council of Europe Convention, with a specific focus on the crucial role played by international circulation. To this effect, a summary of the main national approaches to the export and import
of cultural property is offered for the reader’s consideration, together with some reflections on the growing importance of provenance research and provenance documentation as tools to improve transparency in the market and reduce its ‘grey’ nature.
AB - The last decade has been characterised by a growing attention to then criminal dimension of the art and antiquities market. This process culminated in the adoption of the first suppression convention aimed specifically at cultural property trafficking ever entered into force, after the failed attempts dating back to the Eighties and Nineties. After briefly summarising the reasons for this shift in paradigm, the paper delves into the crucial issue of laundering of cultural items of unlawful origin, as addressed by the 2017 Council of Europe Convention, with a specific focus on the crucial role played by international circulation. To this effect, a summary of the main national approaches to the export and import
of cultural property is offered for the reader’s consideration, together with some reflections on the growing importance of provenance research and provenance documentation as tools to improve transparency in the market and reduce its ‘grey’ nature.
KW - Cultural Property Trafficking
KW - Laundering of Tainted Cultural Property
KW - Cultural Property Export and Import
KW - Criminal Law
KW - mercato dell'arte e delle antichità
KW - traffico di beni culturali
KW - riciclaggio di beni culturali di origine illecita
KW - esportazione e importazione di beni culturali
KW - diritto penale
KW - Art and Antiquities Market
KW - Cultural Property Trafficking
KW - Laundering of Tainted Cultural Property
KW - Cultural Property Export and Import
KW - Criminal Law
KW - mercato dell'arte e delle antichità
KW - traffico di beni culturali
KW - riciclaggio di beni culturali di origine illecita
KW - esportazione e importazione di beni culturali
KW - diritto penale
KW - Art and Antiquities Market
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/259656
UR - https://www.lawart.it/tool/newsletterarchive/view_html
U2 - 10.17473/LawArt-2023-4-6
DO - 10.17473/LawArt-2023-4-6
M3 - Article
SN - 2724-654X
VL - 4
SP - 189
EP - 248
JO - LAWART
JF - LAWART
ER -