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Presented by Karl-Heinz Kind Coordinator Works of Art Unit Interpol General Secretariat

Interpol’s Role in the Fight against the Illicit Traffic in Cultural Property. Presented by Karl-Heinz Kind Coordinator Works of Art Unit Interpol General Secretariat Lyons, France. TOOLS TO FIGHT AGAINST THE ILLICIT TRAFFIC IN STOLEN CULTURAL PROPERTY.

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Presented by Karl-Heinz Kind Coordinator Works of Art Unit Interpol General Secretariat

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  1. Interpol’s Role in the Fight against the Illicit Traffic in Cultural Property Presented by Karl-Heinz Kind Coordinator Works of Art Unit Interpol General Secretariat Lyons, France

  2. TOOLS TO FIGHT AGAINST THE ILLICIT TRAFFIC IN STOLEN CULTURAL PROPERTY • Fast and wide diffusion of the information

  3. TOOLS TO FIGHT AGAINST THE ILLICIT TRAFFIC IN STOLEN CULTURAL PROPERTY • Fast and wide diffusion of the information - Telecommunications network

  4. I-24/7 NETWORK Iceland Finland Norway Sweden Estonia U. K. Lithuania Ireland Russia Poland Latvia Denmark Canada Hungary Netherlands Germany Luxembourg Czech Republic Belgium Austria Belarus Ukraine Kazakhstan Switzerland Georgia France Liechtenstein Italy Azerbaijan Moldova Kyrgyzstan Bulgaria Slovenia Andorra Slovakia Uzbekistan Fyrom Japan Monaco Romania Armenia Spain Albania Turkey Tajikistan United States Croatia China Greece Portugal Serbia   Montenegro Korea (Rep. of) Bosnia-Herzegovina Syria Afghanistan Lebanon Cyprus Malta Jordan Iran Bhutan Pakistan Tunisia Morocco Israel Kuwait Nepal Libya Bahrain Egypt Irak Bermudas (SB) Mexico United Arab Emirates Algeria Saudi Arabia Bangladesh Hong Kong - China (SB) Mauritania Qatar Oman Cuba Puerto Rico - USA (SB) India Guatemala Belize Macao - China (SB) Senegal Yemen Sudan Chad Dominican Republic Niger El Salvador El Salvador (SRB) Thailand Vietnam Philippines Honduras Eritrea Guinea Barbados Cambodia Marshall Islands Ethiopia Sri Lanka Nigeria Nicaragua Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire (SRB) Cameroon American Samoa - USA (SB) Togo Singapore Panama Brunei Venezuela Malaysia Gabon Colombia Guyana Zaire Zaire Kenya Nauru Indonesia Ecuador Suriname Ouganda East Timor Tonga Angola Papua New Guinea Tanzania Peru Fiji Mozambique Brazil Botswana Zimbabwe Bolivia Namibia Swaziland Australia Lesotho Paraguay South Africa Chile Uruguay Argentina Argentina (RS) Argentina (SRB New Zealand

  5. TOOLS TO FIGHT AGAINST THE ILLICIT TRAFFIC IN STOLEN CULTURAL PROPERTY • Fast and wide diffusion of the information • - Telecommunications network • Poster of the most wanted works of art

  6. TOOLS TO FIGHT AGAINST THE ILLICIT TRAFFIC IN STOLEN CULTURAL PROPERTY • Fast and wide diffusion of the information • - Telecommunications network • - Poster of the most wanted works of art • Specialized computerized database

  7. DATABASE ASF WORKS OF ART

  8. November 2009 34, 355 identifiable objects

  9. Works of Art Database Records 34355 30180 24707 17249

  10. Records by region (Nov 2009) 25255 EU 3017 166 4642 1275 IQ

  11. TOOLS TO FIGHT AGAINST THE ILLICIT TRAFFIC IN STOLEN CULTURAL PROPERTY • Fast and wide diffusion of the information • - Telecommunications network • - Poster of the most wanted works of art • - Specialized computerized database • Direct access through I-24/7

  12. WORKS OF ART DATABASE SEARCHES 9000 Projection 7187 Public online access 4927 3877 203 259 142 287

  13. 7 187 SEARCHES IN 2008BY REGION 4997 EU 1688 363 56 83

  14. TOOLS TO FIGHT AGAINST THE ILLICIT TRAFFIC IN STOLEN CULTURAL PROPERTY • Fast and wide diffusion of the information • - Telecommunications network • - Poster of the most wanted works of art • - Specialized computerized database • - Direct access through I-24/7 • DVD « Stolen works of art »

  15. Additional access to database information 1999 – June 2009 In 3 languages updated every two months (queries cannot be quantified) Last edition June 2009 ! CD-ROM/DVD

  16. TOOLS TO FIGHT AGAINST THE ILLICIT TRAFFIC IN STOLEN CULTURAL PROPERTY • Fast and wide diffusion of the information • - Telecommunications network • - Poster of the most wanted works of art • - Specialized computerized database • - Direct access through I-24/7 • - DVD « Stolen works of art » • Public online access

  17. PUBLIC ONLINE ACCESS SINCE 17 AUGUST 2009 Via INTERPOL’s secure web site By 15 November: c. 950 access rights granted users from 64 countries c. 2, 500 queries conducted all sectors represented: law enforcement agencies, state authorities, international & non governmental organizations, cultural instutions, museums, lawyers, scholars, insurers, appraisers, art market professionals, private collectors

  18. www.interpol.int

  19. Co-operation with other international organisations • Memorandum of Understanding INTERPOL - WCO: November 1998 • Memorandum of Understanding INTERPOL - UNESCO October 1999 • Memorandum of Understanding INTERPOL - ICOM (International Council of Museums): April 2000

  20. LIST OF EXPERTS ON IRAQI CULTURAL HERITAGE (Compiled by the UNESCO Section for Cultural Property and Museums) February 2007 To prevent illicit trafficking in cultural property and to facilitate the return of stolen or illicitly exported Iraqi cultural property, UNESCO and INTERPOL closely cooperate on a variety of activities such as the exchange of information, participation in educational activities and the provision of expert advice. During the first INTERPOLExpert Group Meeting on Stolen Cultural Property, which took place at INTERPOL Headquarters in Lyon on 17 February 2004, it was therefore decided that a list of experts and institutions both in Iraq and worldwide shall be compiled by UNESCO to be available for consultation through INTERPOL. UNESCO has undertaken the compilation of this list with the assistance of the Iraqi authorities. The purpose of the list is to identify experts to carry out an assessment of the authenticity and provenance of illicitly exported cultural property from Iraqi territory on the art market. The experts included in the list may be consulted, via the Interpol National Central Bureaus, concerning the origins of archaeological objects seized by law enforcement services.

  21. 2008: Seizure of 3 cuneiform tablets in Peru and assistance provided by Spanish expert (UNESCO list)

  22. Disclaimer advising buyers to check and request • documentation on licit provenance and seller’s • legal title • Co-operation between Internet platforms and law • enforcement agencies • Setting up of a central authority in charge of • permanently monitoring Internet sales • Dissemination of art theft information for national • and international searches • Facilitation of identification by relialable • inventories (e. g. Object ID)

  23. Use of all available tools incl. INTERPOL’s • database to check suspicious items • Tracking and prosecution of criminal activities • related to sale of cultural objects over the • Internet • Establishment of legal measures to seize • cultural objects in case of reasonable doubts • concerning their licit provenance • Return of seized objects to their rightful owners

  24. Interpol priority : Capacity building - Conferences and meetings International symposium (every 3 years) Central & Eastern Europe (every 3 years) Incident related (Conference on looted Iraqi antiquities) - Working groups INTERPOL Experts Group INTERPOL Tracking Task Force on Stolen Iraqi antiquities Working group on information exchan,ge - Training seminars upon request of member countries (2004 Chile, 2005 Brazil, 2006 Mexico, 2008 Bolivia, 2009 Peru)

  25. CONCLUSIONS • -Adapt appropriate cultural heritage legislation • Be party of international conventions • Establish and regularly update inventories • Set up specialized unit for cultural property crime • Transmit theft information to INTERPOL for • international searches • Ensure training and include police, customs and • museums’ staff • Establish a good co-operation between the concerned • ministries • Adopt a specialized database

  26. Thank you very much for your attention Merci beaucoup pour votre attention Muchas gracias por su atención نشكركم جزيل الشكر على انتباهكم Karl-Heinz Kind

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