Illicit antiquities: the situation in South-East Asia

Conference Papers
Thème de la ressource: 
Trafic d'œuvres d'art, d'antiquités, de documents anciens et de spécimens d'histoire naturelle
Pillage d'objets archéologiques
Type de ressource: 
Bibliographie - Articles de conférence
Auteur: 
BRODIE Neil
Editeur: 
Australian Institute of Criminology
Date: 
1999
Pages / Longueur: 
5 p.
Langue de publication: 
Anglais

In most countries of the world antiquities are protected by law. They might be state property or, at the very least, their export may be restricted or forbidden. Thus their unauthorised excavation or export is illegal. They are illicit.