Weekly Reading Assignment: The 1970 Convention Past and Future

Today I have been reading the The Fight Against the Illicit Trafficking of Cultural Objects, The 1970 Convention: Past and Future. Released by UNESCO in March 2011, this Information Kit presents trafficking and recovery statistics, current and updated policies, information about different conventions, and more. You will be floored when you read the numbers and values of objects that have been looted throughout the world. I certainly was. It may take a while to get through, but reading an information kit like this is important because it keeps you up-to-date with policies and makes you aware of what items have a higher chance of possessing an illicit provenance.