Once again, a story that cries out for the original pieces to have been DNA coded. https://news.artnet.com/art-world/chinese-librarian-art-forger-318533?utm_campaign=artnetnews&utm_source=072115daily&utm_medium=email

Switched in plain sight. Crime years old. DNA security coding helps to protect the provenance of the art work and can aid recovery of them. If found stolen, TrackArt, with the client’s consent, is able to upload the details of the pieces from our asset management database to international law enforcement agencies’ and professional art […] Read More

An article from last year, but it interestingly connects trade figures to ways of getting Chinese money off shore. http://old.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Where-is-Chinas-hidden-art-money/31628

More cultural heritage plundering. Whilst there is good money to be made from looting and smuggling and hardly any questions asked or due diligence conducted, is it any wonder we keep reading about such stories? http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-08/02/c_134472668.htm

According to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), casinos are put in the category of a Designated Non-Financial and Business Profession (DNFBP) and so are subject to certain compliance checks and balances, due diligence procedures, etc – much the same as are in place for the financial sector. The art sector, however, is not even classified […] Read More

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http://newsoncompliance.com/2015/06/bank-of-china-says-no-charges-yet-by-italy-over-multi-billion-dollar-money-laundering-inquiry/ According to the latest news on this long-running saga, “Prosecutors said more than 4.5 billion euros (US$5.1 billion) in proceeds from counterfeiting, prostitution, labor exploitation and tax evasion was sent to China in less than four years using a money-transfer service partly owned by Chinese migrants…[and that] the money had been fractioned into small […] Read More

Advance notice – Due to come out in November 2015. See the list of contributors and their subject chapters click here.