Prosecutors have filed a complaint in federal court seeking the forfeiture of four Cambodian antiquities that were sold to the Denver Art Museum by a late art dealer accused of pillaging and illegally selling ancient artifacts. The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York filed the complaint Monday, and the museum has voluntarily […]
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Plundered art held by the Denver Art Museum revealed in Pandora Papers’ exposé of billionaire finances
The Denver Art Museum has been lassoed into an International art smuggling scam and is now trying to extricate itself in negotiations with the Cambodian government. The looting and trafficking of Khmer Empire statues and artifacts from Cambodia, Laos and Thailand came to light in an International Consortium of Investigative Journalists examination of offshore trusts […]
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It was a wonderful cruise. But getting home amid a pandemic proved a lengthy ordeal
We may have been in a cage, but it was a gilded cage. After eight fantastic days exploring Vietnam and Cambodia on the Mekong River, my wife and I, and 10 other passengers on our small river cruise ship, were being told we could not disembark. We had apparently shared a hotel in Ho Chi […]