Terrorist Financing - Antiquities Coalition

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.

From our Blog

August 26, 2021

Putting a Price on the Priceless: Measuring the Illicit Antiquities Trade in Data and Dollars

August 23, 2021

The Antiquities Coalition Releases New Story Map on Cultural Heritage Law: Italy and the Vatican

February 07, 2020

Review: Blood Buddhas, Featuring Deborah Lehr, Successfully Dives into Theft of Priceless Indian Antiquities

Press

October 29, 2020

Antiquities Coalition Launches “Ten Most Wanted Antiquities” List

Campaign to Engage the Public in the Search for Missing Artifacts WASHINGTON, October 29, 2020 — Today the Antiquities Coalition is releasing the Ten Most Wanted Antiquities list of significant […]

May 30, 2019

Taliban Captures World Heritage Site in Afghanistan

International Community Must Remain Vigilant in Protecting World Heritage WASHINGTON, DC (May 30, 2019) — The Antiquities Coalition condemns the Taliban’s latest attack on the Afghan people and their cultural […]

March 06, 2019

Public’s Help Needed to Recover “Blood Antiquities”

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 […]

Presentations & Publications

August 26, 2021

Putting a Price on the Priceless: Measuring the Illicit Antiquities Trade in Data and Dollars

August 23, 2021

The Antiquities Coalition Releases New Story Map on Cultural Heritage Law: Italy and the Vatican

November 11, 2020

AC Executive Director Tess Davis and Other Experts Discuss How to Disrupt the Illicit Antiquities Trade in Panel for 24-Hour Conference on Global Organized Crime

AC in the News

August 03, 2021

Antiquities Coalition Discusses Due Diligence with Public Broadcasting of Latvia

August 21, 2020

AC Founder and Chairman Deborah Lehr Advocates to Protect Art Market From Money Launderers in Op-ed

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