Art serves two key roles in criminal schemes. First, it acts as a direct source of illicit income through the production of ...

We have been writing a lot recently about trends in the global market for fine art. One specific area that deserves attention is steps taken to stamp out laundering illicit funds via the art market, ...

Shell companies with hidden owners. Middlemen who shield the identities of buyers and sellers. Inadequate safeguards to keep out shady money. Shell companies with hidden owners. Middlemen who shield ...

EYEWITNESS NEWS (WBRE/WYOU) — A woman was sentenced Wednesday after conspiring to commit art fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering. According to The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of ...

In July, the U.S. Senate introduced the Art Market Integrity Act (AMIA), legislation that would require art dealers and auction houses to comply with anti-money laundering and counterterrorism ...

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), alongside partners with the U.S. Departments of Justice, Commerce, ...

Money laundering using works of art, archaeological artifacts, and other cultural assets remains a little-known and under-reported practice in Latin America. But a recent report sheds light on how ...