Higgs, who was sacked earlier this year, is alleged to have sold uncategorised items from the museum's collection on eBay as early as 2016

The museum in London is reckoning with a huge security breach after admitting that jewellery and gems dating back millennia had been removed from its storeroom without detection

According to the lawsuit, Aaron De Groft stood to benefit from the eventual sale of the fake Basquiats—and planned subsequent shows of works purportedly by Titian and Pollock

Recent high-profile cases, such as those of Daniel Elie Bouaziz and Angela Gulbenkian, demonstrate that lengths of sentences vary widely, with little consistency in judges’ reasoning

New report traces the origins of the oft-repeated superlative, which its authors say is incorrect and actually makes it harder to fight trafficking

The lawsuit comes amid a crackdown on sales of fake Native American artefacts

The Vermont State Police is looking for any leads regarding the whereabouts of the 150-pound sculpture and another element of the set

The Hamptons neighbours got into a spat about zoning violations

Wendy Halsted Beard was arrested last year after an FBI investigation

93-year-old Jean Lupu, who allegedly faked 17th- and 18th-century royal furniture, and his wife say they are unable to stand trial due to illness and stress

Statements by one member of a crime ring that struck 20 different institutions over two decades have restored hope that not all the loot was destroyed

Lino Frongia is suspected of producing the fakes that sold for millions of euros

The late antiquities dealer was accused of profiting off stolen Cambodian antiquities

Mohamad Alcharihi faces up to two years in prison and will be sentenced at the end of August

Kandinsky’s "A Colorful Life" (1907), which had belonged to collectors Emanuel and Hedwig Lewenstein, was sold in a 1940 Amsterdam auction

Lavish lifestyles, misplaced confidence and the wish to keep up with billionaire clients can all wreak financial havoc

The programme offers a compelling narrative for art crime beginners but more depth is needed when it comes to colonial repatriation

Victims spent “tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of dollars” on counterfeit art sold by the dealer, according to the US Department of Justice

The two protesters have have been indicted by federal prosecutors on charges of conspiracy

The Seattle-based artist had pleaded guilty to violating the federal Indian Arts and Crafts Act

Governments are increasingly aware of the risks involved with using shell companies and other complex dealings to trade art

Two of the men on trial were previously found guilty of stealing a giant gold coin from Berlin’s Bode Museum in 2017

The outspoken adviser appears to have closed her Tribeca gallery and is unreachable amid accusations that she defrauded collectors of profits from the sale of an Adrian Ghenie painting

Former OpenSea product manager Nathanie Chastain has been convicted of wire fraud and money laundering in a landmark case

The collector, Stuart Pivar, claims he sold the 1977 portrait of himself to his lawyer for $100,000 because he needed cash quickly; he is now suing that lawyer for $10m

Yuga Labs has won a partial victory in its legal dispute with artists Ryder Ripps and Jeremy Cahen; the decision could impact future copyright copyright rules in Web3

Angela Catherine Hamblin, who has been hiding out in a small village in Scotland for over a decade, is being extradited to the US

A former OpenSea employee has been accused of insider trading; the outcome of the case may change the meaning of that phrase forever

President Lula’s government has joined forces with Icom in an effort to halt illegal trafficking of the country’s ancient artefacts

Nazem Ahmad, a Lebanese businessman who deals in art and diamonds, has allegedly been involved in moving goods worth more than $440m into and out of the US since sanctions were imposed in late 2019