Law, crime and regulation

MADAM – Your report on the export licence stop placed on the ivory and bronze Triqueti figure of Cleopatra indirectly highlights the tragically arbitrary nature of the Ivory Act (News Digest, ATG No 2474).

Digital export licences will be introduced towards the end of next year in a boost to the UK’s art and antiques sector.

A sledge and flag from the first expedition to the Antarctic led by Ernest Shackleton have been saved for the nation.

A spate of thefts from central London shops has put the antiquarian book trade on high alert.

The Anschluss of 1938 between Nazi Germany and Austria had a devastating effect on Vienna’s Jewish population.

MADAM – Your comprehensive coverage of the recent Unesco debacle in last week’s issue (ATG No 2471) successfully raises ongoing concerns about the organisation’s behaviour and attitudes.

A number of changes will affect the import and export of goods from January 1, 2021, when items moving between the UK and the EU will have to undergo customs formalities and border control, like any other country.

A Unesco campaign aimed at increasing public awareness of looted art is threatening to backfire after it emerged the ‘stories’ told in its adverts were fabricated.

The art and antiques sector breathed a sigh of relief with the news that shops and centres, auction houses, markets and some fairs can reopen in England from December 2.

A missing Martinware bird has been recovered more than 15 years after it was stolen from Southall Library in Ealing, west London.

Do dealers have to disclose details of their clients to other dealers?