Cultural Heritage and Emerging Crime

A UNESCO Chair Researching the Heritage Crimes of the Present and Future
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    New and emerging heritage crimes occur beyond the boundaries of detection, deterrence, and imagination. 

    We ask: what comes next? 
     


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  • News and Events

    Three people (two women and one man) wearing conference badges and standing in front of a Cultural Property Protection for All banner

    Kick-off Meeting COST Network Cultural Property Protection for All

    CPP4ALL held its kickoff meeting in Montenegro.

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    A group of people, men and women, stand before a large sign with a painting on it that says TEFAF Museum Restoration Fund

    Chair attends ENCATC Experts Group on Art Markets and Cultural Goods Integrity

    A round table discussion held at the TEFAF Art Fair.

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    One woman and three men stand before a wall that says TEFAF 2026 on it and is decorated with flowers

    REVITALISER Project Visits TEFAF Art Fair

    The chair welcomed a delegation from the Eratosthenes Centre of Excellence to Maastricht.

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  • The UNESCO Chair in Cultural Heritage and Emerging Crime is held by Prof. Donna Yates and hosted by Maastricht University