EU Action Plan against Trafficking in Cultural Goods

Photo by Alain Jocard/AFP via Getty Images. It is a carved marble that was seized in 2016 by French customs authorities at Roissy Airport, in transit from Lebanon to Thailand, and further exhibited at Louvre Museum.

Today, the European Commission has presented an Action Plan to fight illicit trafficking of cultural goods. With a multidisciplinary and comprehensive approach, the Communication includes measures to prevent, detect, investigate and prosecute criminal activities against cultural goods, and ways to strengthen and improve police and judicial cooperation in this field – EN