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About a civil complaint filed by the united states attorney s office in 2012. in the court files, they speak of smuggling networks, and you being a part of a smuggling network. what do you feel when you read it? um.their imagination has gone wild. they ve seen too many indiana jones films. as far as i know, there is no such thing as a smuggling network, and i certainly don t belong to any smuggling network. despite latchford s denials, us prosecutors closed in. in 2019, latchford was indicted for art trafficking. he died a year later, before going to trial. this book, co authored by douglas latchford, has become a valuable source of information for investigators. it contains many of the masterpieces that were taken out of cambodia, ....
Things that most cambodians will never dream of seeing in person. and it s been used as proof that these items were at least known to latchford and his circle. investigators are still unravelling latchford s connections to objects that were auctioned off decades ago. we have a special report on the worldwide trade of illicitly exported art treasures. back in 1988, the bbc was asking questions about objects on the auction block. wesley kerr reports. at sotheby s biggest ever sale of the highly prized art of south east asia, this four armed vishnu sold for £209,000. but where the statues originally stolen? the cambodian royal family tried to stop the sale, but failed. now, brad is in london. the cambodian authorities are writing to major museums and the british government for help. i showed him the newsnight ....
The latest information we have is that we ve been going through the files of materials handed over to us by the latchford family, and we found a photograph, and the photograph is an image that is identical to the statue that featured in the programme back in 1988, and so, we looked at that photograph and it actually had a label on it. latchford s photo is labelled with the name of one of his old customers. brad thinks this customer or the customer s family might still have the statue. we re not sure yet if they have it or not, but hopefully, in the next couple of weeks, we will find out. what chance do you have of getting that statue back? i think we have a very good chance, and especially now that we understand a lot more of the history, i think we should get a good result. ....
The v&a told the bbc: questions about cambodia s illicit antiquities trade have led investigators to some strange places. bangkok, 2010 the latchford classic. the entire contest is named after this man, douglas latchford. he was also a high profile art dealer, believed to be at the very centre of the trade in stolen antiquities. latchford agreed to a rare interview in the 2014 documentary the stolen warriors. ....
Were taken out of cambodia, things that most cambodians will never dream of seeing in person. and it s been used as proof that these items were at least known to latchford and his circle. investigators are still unravelling latchford s connections to objects that were auctioned off decades ago. we have a special report on the worldwide trade of illicitly exported art treasures. back in 1988, the bbc was asking questions about objects on the auction block. wesley kerr reports. at sotheby s biggest ever sale of the highly prized art of south east asia, this four armed vishnu sold for £209,000. but were the statues originally stolen? the cameroonian royal family tried to stop the sale, but failed. now, brad is in london. the cambodian authorities are writing to major museums and the british government for help. ....