Fears of growth in illicit art trade amid US dumping kleptocracy teams

The widening of reporting obligations will mean greater responsibilities—or burdens—on the market

But financing of the project by a now-sanctioned Russian oligarch has been condemned as an "embarrassment"

Andrei Vitalievich Maglin is holding thousands of works from the Ukrainian city of Kherson

Canada is the first country other than Ukraine to sanction Mikhail Piotrovsky for his support of Russia’s invasion

Businesses urged to tighten approach to client background checks as US subpoenas auction houses for sales records

Prosecutors in New York are seeking auction house sales information going back years in order to track potentially illicit transactions by sanctioned Russian collectors

Olga Lyubimova has been sanctioned by the European Union and Vladimir Potanin is on the US list

The indictment of Graham Bonham-Carter has rattled a number of art market figures

Around 200 valuable works had to be sent in five convoys of six trucks across Europe as war in Ukraine hampers shipping

For decades Russian billionaires were feted for their free spending on the arts. Now, they are officially personae non gratae. But what of the other individuals and regimes with dubious reputations?