The situation at the Baghdad Museum remains bleak but thieves are less of a problem at archaeological sites

Increasing numbers of private collectors, dealers, museums, and banks have been buying policies to protect their assets

The latest in the trial of former Getty antiquities curator, Marion True, and the Paris-based dealer Robert Hech both charged with conspiring to receive illegally excavated antiquities

A report which concluded that ancient bowls on loan from a Norwegian collector “must have been illegally excavated in Iraq” has not been made public

The works were part of an estate the collector inherited from her parents

Nearly 80 pictures, including works by Cranach and Kauffmann, were seized from the German embassy in London

UK courts ruled that Iran presented insufficient evidence to warrant the antiquities' reacquisition

But scholars say they are likely to have been looted from Iraq

The London museum has turned down two previous requests for restitution

Unesco has published a record of the 1,600 objects acquired by the institution between 1931 and 1985

Around 450 paintings made by artists working for the Third Reich are now in Washington, DC. They are unlikely to be returned to Germany

Last month we reported that a Nazi picture in the London gallery was taken by British soldiers at the end of World War II. We have now discovered that other works of art were also removed

We uncover the remarkable story of how a US war reporter governed Hitler’s mountain retreat for a day and took control of Reichsmarschall Göring’s collection of stolen art

Artefacts must have left their countries of origin by 1970, the year of the Unesco Convention, or have proper export documentation to be considered for purchase

The painting was taken from Germany at the end of World War II

Gallery “unaware” of concerns over objects offered on website

Following its disappearance in 2003 and an international sting, the Sumerian statue was retrieved

20 items that were looted or likely stolen are to be restituted

Bogdanos attacks “cozy cabal of academics, dealers and collectors” who ignore provenance

Chicago collector agrees to pay claimant to gain title to the work

Iran argues that the artefact was acquired through criminal means, although their failure to speak out when the fragment went to auction previously may undermine their case

University College London has set up an inquiry to examine the origin of “looted” bowls on loan from a Norwegian collector

Switzerland’s is known for its pivotal presence in the underground network that moves illicitly excavated artefacts from country to country

Marilynn Alsdorf had hoped the case would be thrown out of court

A grant will enable them to probe incomplete provenance records

Update on requests for information regarding objects seized at battle of Maqdala

British Museum holds collection of objects seized at battle of Maqdala

Iran has clamped down on illegal trade in antiquities, which has led to archaeological sites being promptly denuded post-discovery

It is the first time that Iranian courts have issued a harsh punishment for the illicit exportation of goods from an archaeological site

In an article Bahrani wrote for the Guardian, she stated “[We have seen the] active destruction of the archaeological and historical record of the land”