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Duryodhana Statue smuggler charged with trafficking artifacts

Duryodhana Statue Smuggler Charged With Trafficking Artifacts

A sandstone Duryodhana statue smuggler Douglas Latchford, a dealer in and collector of Southeast Asian antiquities who falsified documents to make looted treasures easier to sell on the art market has been charged with trafficking artifacts. Duryodhana Statue smuggler charged with trafficking artifacts Investigators have charged Douglas A. J. Latchford,

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Nita Ambani, The Met and Smuggling of Indian Antiques

Nita Ambani, The Met & Smuggling of Indian Antiques

The wife of Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani, also Asia’s richest businessman; Nita Ambani, has been elected to the board of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met), New York for her commitment to preserve and promote India’s art and culture. The Met however, is known to be involved in smuggling

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