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Since China signed agreements to prevent theft, excavation and illegal entry and exit of cultural relics with 24 countries after the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in 2012, more than 1,800 relics lost overseas have returned to the motherland, Chinese officials said at a press conference held at China's top court on Tuesday.
In Sudan, the plunder of ancient sites and millenia-long cultural history is being looted and smuggled abroad, due to weak legal deterrents, lax regulations, ongoing civil unrest and widespread instability.
UNESCO World Heritage Centre
This article examines the key legal and practical issues surrounding art transactions in Czech Republic, including with regard to private sales and auctions, loans, cross-border transactions and finance.
This article examines the key legal and practical issues surrounding art transactions in Belgium, including with regard to private sales and auctions, loans, cross-border transactions and finance.