Violent extremist organizations are using cultural heritage as a weapon of war and terrorist financing tool. Daesh (ISIS) made front page headlines for its cultural racketeering, but it was not the first to traffic in blood antiquities, and will not be the last. Learn more below about how violent extremist groups are funding themselves through the looting and illicit trade in ancient art and artifacts.
Antiquities Coalition and Yemen Release Information on Thousands of Artifacts Looted Amid War with al-Qaeda and Insurgents Blood antiquities are financing the civil war in Yemen, exacerbating the world’s worst […]
