herdrich -the digital library of the middle east (dlme)
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CULTURAL RACKETEERING
Cultural racketeering is the systematic looting and trafficking of art and antiquities by organized crime.
• Top five black market crime - a multi-billion dollar criminal industry. • Wide group of criminal participants• Terrorism funding • No reliable statistics exist on the extent of this crime.
The Antiquities Coalition
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Cultural Racketeering: Damage and DestructionArchaeologist Surveys Looters’ Pits Across Landscape
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Looter Pits in Abusir, EgyptMay 2011
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Dura-Europos, Syria2012
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Dura-Europos, Syria2014
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Credit: Egypt’s Heritage Task Force
Cultural Racketeering: Damage and DestructionLooters’ use of heavy machinery destroyed ancient sites and the important historical material they contain
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Daesh Fighters in Mosul
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Mosul MuseumMosul, Iraq - March 2015
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