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From Risk to Response – How The Heritage Sector Addresses Illicit Trafficking

November 10, 2025
  • Publisher: Balkan Museum Network
  • For the publisher: Aida Vežić
  • Editors: Dr. Lujza Varga, Prof. Dr. Tatjana Cvjetićanin, Jove Pargovski, MSc, Aida Vezić, MA
  • Proofreader: Bojana Bojković
  • Design: Adrian Memaj
  • Print: Sonic studio, 400 copies
  • Sarajevo, September 2025
  • ISBN 978-9926-8502-3-4

Table of Contents

  • Péter Buzinkay, Anna Puskás, Lujza Varga / Museum-Led Responses to Illicit Trafficking and Cross-Sectoral Cooperation – the case of the Hungarian National Museum 7
  • Aleksandra Stefanov / The Theft and Recovery of Vlaho Bukovac’s “Annunciation Assembly in Sremski Karlovci 1861” to the Museum of Vojvodina: A Case Study in Cultural Heritage Protection and International Collaboration 18
  • Vincent Michel, Maxime Girard, Éléonore Favier, Benjamin Omer / Artefacts, Roots and Networks: An Interdisciplinary Approach to fight Endangered Archaeology and The Trafficking of Cultural Objects 26
  • Afroditi Kamara / Loom the Looters: Illicit Trafficking of Antiquities and Digital Means to Uncover It 36
  • Amra Ćebić, Dženan Jusufović / Impact of Activism: Center Against Trafficking in Works of Art and Its Key Areas of Action 46
  • Rafael Schmitt / Challenges and strategies in the protection of cultural heritage in rural communities. Experiences and proposals from the Comunidad Campesina de Miraflores (Yauyos, Peru) 52
  • Bilel Chebbi / ICESCO’s Efforts in Combating the Illicit Trafficking of Cultural Property in the Islamic World 58
  • Ahmed Motawea, Hussein Shaikhon / A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Illicit Trafficking of Cultural Heritage Property: A Case Study of Egypt 68
  • Anna Demetriou / The Illicit Trafficking of Cypriot Cultural Heritage and Its Prevention 76
  • Lucian-Cristian Ratoiu / Reflections on the Illicit Trafficking of Cultural Property in the Recent History of Romania 86
  • Anthony Cassar / Harnessing the Memory Twin Concept to Combat Illicit Cultural Heritage Goods Trafficking 98
  • Anna Lenchuk / The Challenges and Prospects of the Legal Architecture Countering the Illicit Art Market 108
  • Peter Stone, Patty Gerstenblith / The Blue Shield and Combatting the Illicit Trafficking of Cultural Property 116
  • Kaitlyn Fitzgerald, Hayden Bassett, Abigail Maher, William Welsh / High-Resolution Satellite Imagery as an Early Detection Impact Indicator for Archaeological Sites: A Case Study of Mamai-Hora, Ukraine 128
  • Mykola Bevz, Nataliya Chukhray / Towards Effective Non-Invasive Approaches to the Protection of Museum Objects and Historical Heritage from Theft and Counterfeiting 136